Although the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore wasn’t really on our radar, when we spotted it on the map the other day we quickly decided to include it in our whirlwind tour of Superior’s southern shore. To get our bearings we headed to the Visitor Center in Bayfield and watched a video that touched on some of the natural and social history of the islands. Browsing though the displays we were fascinated with some of the lighthouse equipment and history. We love getting up close and personal with a 3rd Order Fresnel lens, doesn’t everyone? Then we chatted with a ranger and learned that the season hasn’t even started yet. It begins in two days, on the Friday before the Fourth of July. There are a few boat tours right now but when we drove down to the ticket office on the waterfront we learned that tomorrow morning’s tour is sold out. Nonetheless we’ve learned a bit about the park, have plans for a hike tomorrow, and an appetite to return and explore more.
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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