Off-Roading in the Desert

On Friday we went on a Desert Adventure. You get picked up in a Chevy Tahoe and driven out into the desert. We met up with about 20 other trucks and drove out into the dunes. The dunes are constantly shifting but some of the bigger ones rise 40 feet in the air. They drop straight down on one side. It's usually the side the drivers like to take you down too.

It's hard to explain how much fun the ride is. The drivers speed through the desert doing about 40. They go flying over dunes so that one second you're starring at the sky and the next, the truck tips forward and the ground is rushing up at you. Then they drive up another dune and cut the wheel so the truck slides down on what feels like two wheels. Your seat-belt is constantly locked and the truck feels like it's going to tip over the whole two or three hour ride, but it beats riding a camel through the desert. I'm pretty sure the girls screamed that entire time.

They stop for people to take pictures of the sunset over the desert and then bring everyone to a camp in the middle of no where. There was a buffet of all of the Arab appetizers you can think of and barbecue for dinner. After dinner we relaxed, smoked hookah, and watched the most terrifying belly dancer in the world.

More to come soon,
Tom

One of the Tahoe's stuck on top of a dune