As we departed Anne’s house in Salt Lake City yesterday afternoon, she was amazed that we didn’t yet know where we were headed. It turned out our journey was pretty short but it got us north of the Salt Lake area, into the Wasatch National Forest, and to the Box Elder Campground. Our amazing campground hosts, Scott and Stevie suggested a couple of nice sites and we settled into #13 which has its own little path to and clearing along Box Elder Creek. With our Senior Pass it costs us just $11. With a good Verizon signal we could send Anne a message that we had a campsite for the night! A bonus is a cute little bunny who hopped through the campsite this morning!
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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