Category: Outdoors
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A first night apart
Yesterday after church about 25 men and a few young men rode off into the desert for a guys night of desert camping. What happens when you send a bunch of men into the wilderness who are eager to recapture some of their youth and a few boys eager to be men? Well, potentially a…
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Desert Dwelling
It is always fun to see camels meandering along the road. This may be because they are still so foreign looking to us. Seeing a moose or bear in Canada was always novel (just because the experience is relatively rare) but a horse or cow is simply part of the landscape. Camels are ultimately a…
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UAE National Day
Happy Birthday to the United Arab Emirates – affectionately known as the UAE. The UAE is a federation of emirates or small kingdoms each headed by their own Emir (a hereditary position like a king). The Emir of each emirate is an absolute monarch and the constitution that binds the seven emirates together really just…