Thursday, May 24, 2007

The Great (Aborted) Camping Trip of 2007

It was just Yosef and I. We had planned to do a little desert sight-seeing on Thursday afternoon, camp out at a campground between Arad and Masada, and then hike on Friday...

Yosef at the edge of the "Big Crater"


Yosef inside the "Big Crater"


Yosef on our donkey ride


More donkey...


Yosef roasting marshmallows


Yosef sleeping peacefully about an hour before...the sandstorm hit!!

At about 12:30 AM a sandstorm hit. We were pretty well protected from the sand in the tent but the wind was VERY strong. Yosef and I tried to sleep and gave up at around 2:00 AM, the noise from the wind was too much. Yosef and I put our shoes on, I zipped up the tent with our stuff in it, lugged it over my sholder, stuffed it in the trunk, and we went home. We got home at 3:30 AM!