It is said that a Chickasaw chieftan, fearful of a white man’s admiration for his lovely daughter, journeyed far from the plains to bring her to The Blowing Rock and the care of a squaw mother. This, to me, is one of those tales that takes me back to that time. Something about them always connects me back to my childhood, where things could instantly turn magical and mystical. This little girl beside me looked lonely.
I admired this little bird who chose to sit atop the Blowing Rock. We had never actually been on the Blowing Rock, so we paid admission to see what it was all about. With the majestic Blue Ridge Mountain scenic views, the town shops and our favorite barbecue restaurant, it tops our list of favorites. #DrJSabbatical,40,Adriatics,4,Africa,12,Americas,58,Argentina,7,Asia,42,Asia Pacific,25,AUNZ,21,Australia,13,Austria,6,Baltics,5,Barcelona,1,Belfast,1,Belgium,13,Berlin,3,Best of,354,Beyond Dublin,35,Bologna,3,Boston,2,Brazil,1,Bruges,2,Brussels,2,Bucharest,2,Budapest,2,Buffalo,3,Bulgaria,2,California,23,Cambodia,6,Canary Islands,2,Canterbury,2,Cardiff,1,Central America,3,Central Europe,48,Chile,7,China,6,Christmas Market,4,Copenhagen,1,Cork,3,Costa Brava,3,Costa Rica,2,Croatia,1,Cyprus,1,Czech Republic,2,Denmark,2,Dresden,1,Dublin,53,Dublin_Archive,2,Dusseldorf,1,Eastern Europe,9,Edinburgh,3,El Calafate,1,England,21,Essen,1,Estonia,1,Europe,181,Europe_Archive,3,Faversham,1,Featured,5,Financial District,2,Finland,3,Fisherman's Wharf,1,Flanders,1,Florida,3,Food,1,France,17,Frankfurt,1,Galway,2,Gdansk,1,Germany,20,Girona,1,Granada,1,Greece,5,Greece and Cyprus,6,Hamburg,1,Hangzhou,1,Hanoi,3,HCMC,2,Helsinki,1,Ho Chi Minh City,2,Hobart,1,Hoi An,2,Hungary,1,Hurling,1,Hyderabad,2,Iceland,4,India,5,Ireland,94,Ireland & UK,124,Ireland Road Trips,16,Ireland_Archive,2,Italy,14,Itinerary,3,Jackson Square,1,Japan,13,Kaunas,1,Kilkenny,1,Kuala Lumpur,1,Kyoto,1,Languedoc,2,Lanzarote,2,Latvia,2,Leipzig,1,Liechtenstein,1,Lima,1,Limerick,1,Lithuania,2,Ljubljana,1,Lloret de Mar,1,London,11,Los Angeles,2,Louisiana,1,Lucerne,1,Luxembourg,2,Machu Picchu,1,Madeira,3,Malaga,1,Malaysia,1,Malta,1,Marrakech,1,Marrakesh,1,Massachusetts,2,Mendoza,1,Menton,1,Miami,1,Midwest,3,Modena,2,Monaco,1,Montpellier,1,Morocco,1,Muenster,1,Munich,1,Naples,1,Netherlands,2,New England,3,New Orleans,1,New York,9,New Zealand,8,Nice,2,Noe Valley,1,Nordics,17,Norrkoping,1,North America,53,North Beach,1,Northern Ireland,2,Norway,5,Nuremberg,2,Oakland,1,Ollantaytambo,1,Osaka,1,Palafrugell,1,Panama,1,Paris,1,Parma,2,Patagonia,3,Pennsylvania,6,Perth,1,Peru,5,Philadelphia,1,Pingyao,1,Piran,1,Pittsburgh,5,Poland,9,Porto,1,Portugal,9,Potrero Hill,1,Prague,1,Puerto Natales,2,Punta Arenas,1,Queensland,1,Recent,35,Regensburg,1,Reykjavik,1,Riga,1,Rio de Janeiro,1,Rochester,1,Romania,3,Rotterdam,1,Rovinj,1,Russia,2,San Francisco,8,San Sebastian,1,Santiago,1,Scandinavia,9,Scotland,5,Seattle,3,Segovia,1,Seoul,2,SF - Further Afield,14,SF_Archive,1,Sicily,3,Siem Reap,2,Singapore,2,Sligo,3,Slovakia,1,Slovenia,2,South Africa,1,South America,18,South Beach,1,South Korea,2,Southeast Europe,14,Southern Europe,40,Spain,17,St.Last weekend we took a day-trip back up to the town of Blowing Rock, NC. Track Uganda's Mountain Gorillas in the Bwindi Forest National Park We are convinced that Uganda is the coolest safari destination in East Africa. Read on to find out why Uganda really is a hidden gem and indeed has earned its reputation as the Pearl of Africa. Did I mention that Uganda also features the happiest people in Africa? Of course, if the Big 5 animals are your thing, you can see them in Uganda too. Uganda features lush fields of tropical fruits at every turn. There are so many beautiful places in Uganda where you can spot over 1000 species of birds. Uganda’s wildlife includes iconic primates including chimpanzees and gorillas. Kenya and Tanzania may have the Big 5, but on our Uganda road trip, we discovered so much more. However, the more research that we did for our trip, the more we were convinced that Uganda was a safe but still exotic choice for a 10 day safari in East Africa. Why visit Uganda? Is Uganda even safe? Uganda was definitely not the first African country that came to mind when we were looking for a once in a lifetime way to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary in December 2016.
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