Three and a half hours north of San Francisco, we’re in California Redwoods country. In fact we’re staying at the Historic Benbow Inn & Resort. More accurately, we’re in the smallest campsite available at the Benbow KOA that’s part of the overall complex. Our site boasts the a branch of the Eel River as a backyard. Other sites are adjacent to the golf course and the historic inn is just a short walk away on the other side of the bridge. We walked over there a little while ago and perused the menu. It sounds intriguing and perhaps another night we’d be interested but this evening is for enjoying some quiet time, a good book, and a view of the East Branch South Fork Eel River.
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.
0 Comments