Mark and Patti suggested one more Pacific Coast adventure before we part ways so we headed to the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve at Moss Beach, California. It’s renowned for the diversity of marine flora and fauna and is s great place to visit tide pools. We arrived just as the tide was at its lowest ebb to discover that everyone else had the same great idea on this summer Sunday afternoon. Chuckie and Judy go to the beach. It truly was a great experience but was very much about people watching as well as appreciating nature and definitely not about solitude today. Along with a last round of hugs, it was in fact a fine finale for a fabulous family visit.
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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