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| Me & mensaf-on-the-hoof at Ad-Deir (by Bruce McKeeman) |
Saba al-heir (Good morning). Today was a good day (of course after a 24-hour flu-like bug anything would be better). Today was a nice jaunt up the 822 stairs to Ad-Deir (The Monastery) which dates roughly 65 BCE (Before Common Era) to 110 CE (Common Era). Of course during that time frame it had a nice enclosed courtyard out front - supplied by Nabataen waterworks. The views of the un-named country to the west that is responsible for the world’s ills are still spectacular on non-windy & clear days: pretty much sums up what it has been like since we’ve been here. (Plus, the vendors up there love to see me coming because they have such nice jewelry; just between us I picked up some things for Meme... the anniversary of her b-day is next month… shhhh- don’t tell her and it’ll be a surprise).
We also learned that UNESCO is actively pursuing their “conditions & risk assessment” project in PAP; plus the testing of grids along the proposed road project for shuttle buses from the Lower Basin to Um Sayhoun & Wadi Mousa is underway. I looked for Federal Highway (FHWA) rep., but none on-scene.
In addition, it looks like we’re “a-go” for some Jordan Parks Project work at Wadi Rum next week. You might recall we visited there a couple of times last spring, and it certainly is a not-to-be-missed World Heritage Site made famous by its landscapes in the film “Lawrence of Arabia.” Of course, I have a fondness for the nearby gulf-side city of Aqaba too and I’ve heard that the government has cleared out the Chinese Massage parlors that previously lined beach access spots. 
Congratulations to traveling compadre Bruce McKeeman; he submitted photos of Grand Canyon & Petra to this year’s photo contest at Ranger Rendezvous held in Colonial Williamsburg, VA while we were working here in Jordan. They took second & third place respectively. Here is a similar shot that he took of Khazneh (The Treasury).
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