A brave little girl at the Makhtesh Ramon Crater

Grandmother and I drove through the Wilderness of Zin. This is a place mentioned in the Bible. The Israelites lived in the wilderness for many years.

We came to a place called Makhtesh (pronounced Mac Tesh) Ramon Crater. It is the largest crater in the world. There were some people getting ready to rappel down the steep cliff. One of them was a little girl. Her friends told us she was almost six years old. I thought about you and wondered if you would like to do this.

The man is getting her ropes ready and explaining to her how to hold on. This was the first time she had gone down this high cliff, but I think she had gone down some smaller cliffs before. Don't you?

Just horseing around

One of our stops today along the Nile River was the site of Edfu. There is a large ancient temple from the period of the Ptolemies in the second century B.C.

From the cruise boat to the temple we took the local carriages. The carriage parking lot looked like our shopping mall parking lots on the day after Thanksgiving.

We had a great visit, but two of our couples, riding in the same carriage, had a little spill. It resulted in two small skinned places on Joe's left elbow and a skinned place on Doris's left hand. They are all fine. Here is a photo we made about four hours later at Kom Ombo.

Tonight we have already docked at Aswan. Looking forward to some nice visits in the morning.

At a famous Egyptian Temple

The temple in the background, built against the mountain, belonged to a Queen in Egypt by the name of Hatshepsut (pronounced HAT-shep-suit). She ruled Egypt about 3500 years ago. That was before Granddad was born. :-)

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Drew at the Pyramids

Drew, here is the picture I prepared to show you with Grandmother and Granddad at the Pyramids in Egypt. We think about you a lot and look forward to coming home to see you. Tell Mom and Dad "hi" for us.