I knew I would need a wool hat...

I promised not to write a boring summary of my mini vacations...

but this trip to Jordan was amazing! We had a four day weekend so we flew up to Jordan, rented a car and drove down to Petra and then on to Wadi Rum. I finally got some pictures to upload correctly, but still haven't quite figured out how to format them. Maybe next time! The weather was perfect. During the days it was cool enough to hike around and by afternoon I was able to throw on jeans and a jacket; I even wore gloves and a hat one day!

Petra was even better than I expected it to be. The first morning we got up early and walked to the Treasury and then continued to the Royal Tombs, Amphitheater and then up to the Monastery.

We went out to dinner at the Cave Bar and had a glass of Sangria, the owner was insisting that we each tell 160 people about this place, so here's my start...

We hiked up to the High Place of Sacrifice the next morning, but the weather was windy, rainy and cloudy so the pictures were not that impressive; the hike was nice. I also rode a horse for the first time ever and a few of us caught a horse drawn carriage ride back to the entrance which was quite exciting!

The next morning we left for Wadi Rum to camp, go on a jeep tour and do some hiking. It was beautiful and so nice to be outside and hiking! We saw just about a zillion stars and I was happy to be cold.

Well, I've just spent about a zillion years trying to fix the formatting and erase the extra cow photo, but, apparently that's not going to happen. So I'll just write a little down here about the pictures.

Can you see us on top of the bridge? We're pretty tiny, I think you all would have enjoyed watching me get up there, actually, getting down would have been more entertaining to see!

I don't need to remind myself that cleanliness standards are a little different around here...

Our guide...