First Footing

After only 14 hours, I've finally cracked the code and got this together. As the weather is overcast here and the temperatures have plummeted to a nippy 18 degrees centigrade, I'm not doing my normal Friday thang in the desert. The redness of the sand is caused by high levels of iron, appparently. This may seem remote, but its only 20 minutes away from downtown Al Ain and we are always well stocked with beer and water in mini-coolers. The local camel racetrack is only 5 minutes away. Come nightfall, a stack of wood purloined from local building sites, some sounds on hte boombox and a couple of disposable barbeques do us nicely. This may seem unecological, but we leave no traces (other than footprints) and we don't do dune-bashing. The drive out is along unmetalled roads.