I love to be in a place where there is a necessity for a sign like this!
And obviously it is needed!
Our first day in the Wadi Rum was awesome. We did a full day Jeep tour and it was a highlight of our trip. We drove through the desert and stopped at different sights and then after the sun went down they drove us to the Bedouin Camp to sleep.
The guides were so wonderful with the kids. They let the kids drive the jeeps and race through the sand.
This stop was interesting because there was a small underground stream that feed the vegetation and gave some green to the dry desert.
Another stop was a hike through a narrow canyon.
When we got to this next stop the guides said this is the second biggest sand dune in the Wadi Rum, Go hike up it! So our kids took off and started up, then the guide said it is easiest if you go at this other angle it's less steep.
(Thanks but a little too late)
Chris volunteered to go after the kids, poor man caught up to them and then had to piggy back Tristan up the hill at an awful incline. In 98 degrees none the less.
Jonathan made it up in less than 5 minutes and then yelled for us to hurry up. By the time that we all made it up he said he was going to run down and then come back up. Which he did as we all tried to catch our breaths.
We all took a second at the top to breath. Chris is smiling in this picture but don't let it fool you. It took him a good hour to stop feeling like he was going to puke.
The Mushroom Rock
At one of our stops we took a lunch/nap break to pass the heat of the day.
Tristan perfected his Jordanian Squat while on this trip.
This was my favorite stop, a huge natural arch that you can climb to and stand on. It was extremely scary to climb to, but the guides were awesome and helped the kids the whole way. Chris was nice enough to backpack Tristan up and help drag me to the top.
This was at the top of yet another sand dune, Chris almost revolted when told to climb and check out the view from the top.
But it was worth the climb.
As we watched the sun set our guides made a delicious bread that they cooked in the ashes of the fire. I was very hesitant to eat bread cooked in ash on top of sand but it was very yummy.
This is a picture of our Bedouin Camp. After our long day we slept like babies, and didn't even worry about camel spiders.
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