Dukhan

Not sure what these formations are called but we weren't really expecting to see them after only seeing flat desert the whole way.

Pedestrian crossing.

Bundled up at the beach. Photo by Craig.

Anna had to bring her pig with her and she didn't want to get down and walk in the sand. She did like looking at the water though. Hopefully we'll be able to go back when it's a bit warmer and less windy (although I don't plan to go when it is HOT. Photo by Craig.

We planned to head out to where the camel races are held but got sidetracked by all of the road construction and kept driving to Dukhan instead. After the first camel crossing sign we passed, I turned to Craig and said, "am I supposed to be led to believe we're going to just look out the window and see random camels walking around?" and then looked out the window and we saw some random camels walking around.

We did see quite a few camels but usually they were too far away, we were going too fast, or we didn't spot them in time. Also, I have discovered that I am not the worlds' best taking-pictures-from-the-car photographer. I am slow! Also, every time I opened the window to take a picture I'd let a lot of dust in so I had to make quick decisions to determine the worthiness of a shot...

There really wasn't much to see in Dukhan (as far as we could tell) so we didn't really spend any time there. Plus it was windy and cold at the beach again and Anna only wanted me to hold her, not daddy and I just can't hold her very long because of my sciatica. So, we drove for about two hours (total) to see all of this (there were a lot of exciting excavators, rollers, etc. at least, to break up the monotony of the desert scenery).

On the way back we saw where we should have turned to get the camel races so we might try again on Saturday. Will post pictures, of course, if we make it.