This is our last stop on our trek across West Texas. What an amazing journey. It’s an amazingly vast landscape and a booming economy. Like the rest of the West, we see more and more solar and wind farms spread out where just wildlife and rattlesnakes made their home but here in West Texas we’re seeing more and more Nodding Donkeys/Oil Horses/Oil Derrick Pumpjacks and associated equipment And we’re seeing billboard after billboard advertising for workers as this area contributes to more affordable fossil fuel for the time being as we transition to renewables. Tonight we are in Abilene, Texas. We have reservations at the KOA just outside of town but before we head there we thought it might be a good idea to wash the dust off of our truck and trailer so we pulled into Super Suds Car Wash and administered a nice shower for both Eric and Sc@rlett!
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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