Stuck In The Sand

Meet our new car that we have had for about 2 weeks.  Today was its 2nd adventure into the desert and it wasn't very happy.  Everything was going along just great until we hit a soft patch.  It took a lot of man power to get this car out of the hole it kept spinning.  Finally the Coast Guard showed up and towed the car back into safe territory.  The boys were covered in sand and sweat!  Our car has a black scoop in the front, which we would like removed, and it scooped the sand as we drove.  We miss big red!  This is our first time being stuck!  What a day. 

Our Poor New Car!

However, we didn't let this episode spoil our trip.  We ventured about 90 minutes north to a beach along the Red Sea.  Many people go camping to this beach, so we wanted to check it out.  We rounded up a troop of adventurers  and set out on our excursion.  Most of our trip was on a highway, then we had to cut through a town that has huge oil refineries. The road system was a little different.  At one point we were on a 4 way street that lead to a narrow alleyway, and then it ended up on a 6 lane highway.  We then veered off onto the sand and tried to find a place on the beach.

This is a holiday week so we found many Saudi tents along the beach.  We had to find a private place because we did not want to wear our abayas.  This was a little tricky, which led to us being stuck in the sand.  

While the boys were digging our car out of the sand the moms and kids hit the beach.  Carter had fun collecting hermit crabs, star fish, and snails.  Cameron spent the entire time snorkeling and found dozens of different fish.  They both had a great time and Bryan finally got to come and play too!  

My handsome husband!

Cameron spent a lot of time under the water.  Can you see all the little fishies?

Friends on the beach!  Notice the garbage.  That is the sad reality of many places in the world. 

We loved this sign!  We did see quite a few camels too!