market in Nguru
heading back out of town
good road
wetlands
playing “molecules” on a ridiculous road
GPS show us the way!
there is a road through these millet fields, I promise
there's the road!
yay! we made it to the desert finally!
figuring out if we're on the right dune
I'm giddy with delight
aww..isn't gwen cute?!?
attempting to slide down the dunes on a cookie sheet...
...didn't work out so well
running down the dunes
making sand angels...what else?
Mine has some seriously arcing wings...oops
writing an important message
“what the heck are those baturiyas DOING?”
got a digger!
“wait till the guys here what I saw!”
anyone want to guess the next letter?
absolutely beautiful
hehe...I bumped Katy as we raced up the dune
just in case any planes flew by
rainy season makes for happy cows in the desert
they got a kick out of seeing pictures of themselves
3 amigos
yauwa!
catching some air!
Kav showing some leg
they're totally laughing at us
almost like angels in the clouds, yeah?
sadly leaving the fun dunes
southern sahara desert
explaining that it's for them to keep
he couldn't believe we were GIVING it to them
oasis + dunes + sky = breath-taking view
picnic lunch in the oasis under a tree
3 colors of sand come together
kinda like we're egyptians. “pharoh pharoh” anyone?
lake in the middle of the oasis, just like the movies
oasis
loved the dunes showing through the palms
still trying to figure out what this is
pour water into hollowed out log for camels
super cool “Y” trees...and then the double y on the right
whole village helping us...it took everyone too
ah-ha. they've spotted the camera
lots of car time...lots
stuck pretty good
dude with mud on his face is Alhaji Muhammed aka ”the man“
the whole excavation team
Kav with her camera
i know it's blurry, but this gives you some idea about our pit of despair
mm-mm-mmmm
“jesus loves ba-dunk-a-dunk”
oh, and you
fulani boy
drawing water from the well
Chris getting a lil' dirty because of...
...this
Alhaji Muhammed...one of our heros
the beginning of our 3.5 hr extraction job
storm clouds rolling in.
NOT what we wanted to see
our little heros
check out the mud
but they had fun
one of the only camels we saw...but that's ok
