Preparation

We will go to Jordan next week and stay 3 nights camping under the desert stars at a Bedouin campground. In preparation for all the hiking and sightseeing, we bought the kids some serious hiking boots. Today we walked to the downtown to break them in a bit and get the kids used to how they feel. It was a beautiful day with little traffic and few people out and about (downtown, that is...the corniche was a different story!).



After the Bedouin experience, we will head to the Dead Sea and stay at a resort hotel for two nights. I have been reading up on Jordan and it seems April is the perfect time to go there as the weather will be ideal. I'm really looking forward to exploring Jordan, especially Petra where they filmed some of the Indiana Jones film. Tomorrow night I will rent the movie and we will all watch it together in anticipation of our trip.

Tigerpapa will check and see if he can get an extra day off next week so that we can spend a day in Syria. We figure since we are driving to Jordan (that means going through Syria), we may as well spend a day exploring Damascus!

Just imagine if YOU (and that means YOU!!) come and visit us in Beirut, you could be doing all of this with us! ;) :)