Ever since we first crossed the Straits of Mackinac via the Mackinac Bridge, also known as the Mighty Mac and as the Big Mac Bridge, in 2012 we’ve been fascinated with this engineering wonder. This 5th longest suspension bridge in the world weighs more than a million tons and includes 42,000 miles of cables! Not only that it does an amazing job of connecting Michigan’s Lower and Upper Peninsulas.
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.
Sharon & I just got back from there 2 weeks ago. We rented a bike and rode the 8.2 miles around the Mackinac Island, dodging meadow muffins!
That sounds like an awesome adventure! Have to admit we had to turn to Urban Dictionary to learn what meadow muffins are: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=meadow%20muffin
Definitely makes sense though on the streets of Mackinac Island!