The Harper’s Ferry KOA is located on Bolivar Heights, the place at Harper’s Ferry that saw more action than any other during the Civil War is immediately adjacent to the Murphy Farm area of the national park property. It bears interpretive markers that may date back to the 1930’s and a half scale replica of The US Armory building that came to be known as John Brown’s Fort. Sadly no one we talked to at the campground office offered any information about the signs or the history other than that sometimes on Saturdays “they” come and talk about them. When we did a quick preliminary visit to the park this afternoon we chatted briefly with the bookstore clerk who admitted that growing up here she didn’t see anything special about all the history here. As convenient to the park as this campground is, the two of us would prefer to see this property preserved for its historic significance.
Queen Mary 2’s arrival in the Port of Dakar, Senegal was heralded in the local press and greeted with ceremony. Our own excursion took us on a coach journey through the streets of the capital city to visit a Wolof village and the shore of Lake Retba, the salty lake famed for an intense pink color.
Today’s safari adventure transported us out into the Dorob National Park to have up close encounters with little creatures that are well adapted to the extreme heat and lack of water in the Namib Desert.
With a UNESCO World Heritage Site, two national parks, dozens of museums, and hundreds of tours offered in the Cape Town area there is more than plenty to do. For our two day visit we opted to concentrate on African wildlife visiting the Aquila Private Game Reserve and the Boulders Beach Penguin Colony for a wonderful chance to these fabulous animals in their own habitat.
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