by Cindy
Jeff and I had a quick get-a-way this weekend to the Empty Quarter. I had really wanted to see it and we needed to make the trip before it gets too hot. It is about a three hour drive from our house so we set out after church on Friday and spent all day Saturday at the resort. If you are not familiar with the Empty Quarter, Wikipedia defines it this way, "The Rub' al Khali (Arabic: الربع الخالي) or Empty Quarter is one of the largest sand deserts in the world, encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula, including southern Saudi Arabia, and areas of Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The desert covers some 650,000 square kilometers (250,000 sq mi), more than the combined land areas of the Netherlands, Belgium, and France."
We had a nice time climbing sand dunes and looking as far as the eye can see - in all directions - at sand. It really is quite beautiful. The sand is very fine and soft and it brushes right off. For our readership in West Texas, the sand here is NOTHING like the dirt in West Texas. Running up and down the dunes is a lot like playing in snow when there is a lot of fresh powder.
Jeff and I had a quick get-a-way this weekend to the Empty Quarter. I had really wanted to see it and we needed to make the trip before it gets too hot. It is about a three hour drive from our house so we set out after church on Friday and spent all day Saturday at the resort. If you are not familiar with the Empty Quarter, Wikipedia defines it this way, "The Rub' al Khali (Arabic: الربع الخالي) or Empty Quarter is one of the largest sand deserts in the world, encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula, including southern Saudi Arabia, and areas of Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The desert covers some 650,000 square kilometers (250,000 sq mi), more than the combined land areas of the Netherlands, Belgium, and France."
We had a nice time climbing sand dunes and looking as far as the eye can see - in all directions - at sand. It really is quite beautiful. The sand is very fine and soft and it brushes right off. For our readership in West Texas, the sand here is NOTHING like the dirt in West Texas. Running up and down the dunes is a lot like playing in snow when there is a lot of fresh powder.
Great pictures! Was the resort cool?
ReplyDeleteCool as in air conditioned? Yes, everything here has A/C (we are the largest carbon footprint in the world, after all). "Cool" as in wow! - yes! Jeff and I said it makes top three places of all time.
ReplyDelete-Cindy