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Nora at Shaybah

Seats on the plane to Shaybah were limited so the rule was scouts and leaders only with others being strictly space available.  However, in the case where both parents were  leaders on the trip scouts’  siblings were allowed to attend as well so Nora didn’t even have to go on the wait list.  She had a blast despite being a little bit apart from the scouting activities.  She had no problem generating her own entertainment and we had lots of fun scrambling across the dunes.

Here are a few pictures of Nora on the trip.  Enjoy!

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Shaybah – Sand and Sandboarding

Last weekend was the Cub Scout trip to Shaybah located in the very empty Rub Al Khali desert.  It would have been an unworkable trip by car but was only an hour flight in a comfortable Saudi Aramco aircraft.  I’ve seen pictures of the dunes at Shaybah before and always thought that camera angles were used to make them seem extra impressive.  If anything, the lack of reference points and monocolor of the sand  make it very difficult to capture the size of the dunes.  They are as or more impressive than the pictures make them seem.


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Easter 2012

Here are a few pictures from the recent Easter celebration.  We colored eggs using just food coloring this year and it worked out well.   The kids left our unpeeled carrots (the Easter Bunny prefers these –  it is known), cabbage leaves and carrot juice.  The Easter Bunny hid eggs for the kids and left them a clue hunt that led them to their Easter baskets.