In theory the trip from Lowman to Winchester, Idaho takes an hour and a quarter. For us it took more like six hours of driving plus stops. The scenery was fabulous! Riggins, Idaho was a great place to pause for lunch at the Salmon River Inn on the banks of the river by the same name. Mid-afternoon, mid-week, after Labor Day, things were quiet but the service was friendly and the sandwiches were savory. Named after local creeks, we enjoyed the Skookumchuck and the Cow Creek. A little further down the road we paused at the White Bird Battlefield Interpretive Center of the Nez Perce National Historic Trail to look out over the area where to the Nez Perce people achieved a victory over US Army troops. Finally our home for the night was Winchester Lake State Park. Site 39 served us as a delightful overnight but would be quite suitable for a longer stay.
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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