The reservation for our stay at Half Moon Bay RV Park was made months ago when we first made plans to join family here this weekend. At the time we thought it prudent to stay through Sunday night. Then on Sunday morning we realized that would put us in the position of traveling over the Golden Gate in Monday morning traffic. Not an enticing idea. Instead we used the KOA App to make a reservation for Sunday night in Petaluma, California . That put us an hour north of the big city. It was a wise decision. We ran into some traffic snags along the way but nothing major. And although we didn’t stay the last night at Half Moon Bay, we didn’t have to vacate our spot by 11 AM giving us plenty of time to enjoy family first and deal with hitching up at our leisure. The Petaluma KOA was a good choice too. We got a friendly welcome in a convenient location as we paused in our journey north. And it was fun listening to kids enjoy the last few days of freedom before school starts again!
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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