Up to this point we have reveled in unstructured trip planning but these are not ordinary times and we are behaving in an out of the ordinary manner. We are making campsite reservations. With the exception of two one night mid-week stays, we have reservations for the first two and a half weeks of our upcoming ramble across North Carolina into Virginia. It’s a strange feeling. It’s somewhat reassuring and yet disconcerting. We love discovering adventures along the way but on the other hand, we are deliberately mixing it up with four night stays along with single night stays, some private campgrounds, national forest stays, state parks, and Harvest Host visits.
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.
Definitely different times! I’m just glad you are back on the road again! Safe travels!