Trip to Fossil Rock - April 22, 2010

We did a day trip to Fossil Rock to show Jeff a little bit of the UAE and not just the city.  We also had some of my co-workers come along for the ride.  It was a good day out but we had several mishaps.  First Ewan blew a tire and we tried changing it but the bolts were stuck.  They bent a tire iron tring to get them off! :(  So we changed our plans and had our picnic along the road waiting for the dude to come help us out.  It turns out that Ewan had to go back to the shop and get new tires.  So the rest of us continued on our way and made plans to meet up with Ewan farther on. 

we have seen camel crossings signs throughout our travels but never any camels actually crossing the roads.  Well, today we did.  It is like any deer crossing but they move much slower!  I would hate to hit one because I imagine it would be like hitting a moose!

We finally got to fossil rock for a little explore.  To bad it was so windy and I think we were in a sandstorm.  You couldn't see very far but the group thought that we drove out here we should at least climb and see some fossils.  Being in the sand storm is not nice- you think it is bad at the beach and sand gets everywhere- it is no where near as messy and hurtful as the sand is in a sandstorm.  It gets in your eyes, mouth, ears, hair, and everywhere else.  We thought we would do a bit more dune bashing since getting out to explore seemed a bust.  That became a bust as well, since we ended up blowing a tire by hitting it on a rock.  Changing a tire in the sand is not pleasant!

Once the tire was changed we decided to be on our way home.  It sounded like everyone had fun because they mentioned doing it again sometime.