After the First week

Randy here again. I've made another trek to Eilat to make a quick post (even a day before the Shabbat weekend the traffic was heavy as Israelis race south to the resort at the Red Sea. Weekends are pretty crazy here I'm told)

Our first week at the dig has been good, mostly getting used to the change in temperature and diet (such as, the noon meal is the only one with a meat dish, breakfast and supper are nearly all salad and dairy items...the cottage cheese here is to die for!! I'm sure my cholesteral level is throught the roof as there is no end to the hard boiled eggs!). Susannah makes sure I take her to the pool for the required 2 hour+ worship of the water gods. Remember the advertiesment illustration of the little Coppertone Girl? Susannah could be the new Coppertone posterchild! She's turning a deep brown in this sun! Me? I sit in the shade with a wet towel over my head after I've had a dip in the water. Mary is resting in the room after the mornings exertions at the dig, although she had to sit out yesterday and today because of a cold.

This weekend is a field trip to the Red Sea where everyone will experience the unique feeling of bobbing on the water like a cork. Not me. I did that last time we were here and it's worth once for the experience, but the water feels oily and greasy and I'm happy to just watch everyone else.

Mary and Susannah finally got their replacement passports so now we can accompany the group on the field trip to Petra the weekend after the upcoming one. Origianlly, the field trip was to be down into the Sinai peninsula but has now been deemed too risky because of the bombing in Dahab. *Sigh* I was hoping to visit Dahab again after 10 years...next trip, I guess...

That's all for now...I'll try and post pictures with this post...we'll see what happens

From the Land of Patches of Green In A Sea of Brown,
Randy