Out of Riverton, Wyoming this morning we headed south on WY-789 toward Lander then east on US-287 through places like Sweetwater Station, Jeffrey City, and Muddy Gap. Nineteenth Century Emigrant Trails passed through here. At the rest area at Sweetwater Station we pondered family history and whether Charity passed here as she traveled the Mormon Trail. Certainly she would have loved to travel in our truck and teardrop combo rather than a mule drawn covered wagon. We didn’t stop at the Split Rock Cafe but headed to Muddy Gap to refuel and learn that they permit overnight boondocking at the Three Forks Gas Station/Store if you request permission first.
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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