At a stop for fuel in along NY-5 in Westfield, New York, we were invited to pause and enjoy the beauty of Lake Erie at Barcelona Harbor, the home of the Barcelona Lighthouse, the nation’s first natural gas lighthouse erected in 1829. We parked at the pier and poked around for a little while drinking in the beauty and peace of the area before traveling just a few miles to Lake Erie State Park. We scored Site 11 right on the Lake Erie shore with a wonderful view out our Stargazer window. Yes, we’ve been here before. We stopped by the lighthouse in 2013, four years later we explored more of the grape history of Westfield, and even way back in 1985 we camped here in a Viking pop up camper and three young offspring. Today we’re delighted to visit the shore of Lake Erie and watch the sea and the sky as the sun sets.
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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