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Hiking the Jordan Trail: Day 24 – Dana to Wadi Malaga (14 miles)
These Bedouin girls were curious about what I was doing – wish I had been able to stop and chat with them. Wow! What an invigorating day! I’m sitting here in a beautiful wadi, have camp all set up, I...
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Hiking the Jordan Trail: Day 25 – Wadi Malaga to Ras Al-Feris (8 miles)
Hiking through the godforsaken mountain range on rocky terrain If yesterday inflated my spirit, today deflated it. The day was extremely difficult. It started out with rock fields to traverse. All the...
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Hiking the Jordan Trail: Day 27 – Zero Day in Wadi Musa
Today was a much needed rest day, mostly for my poor feet. My only goals for the day were to get my clothes washed and to renew my visa which expired yesterday. I did real good on the clothes washing....
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Hiking the Jordan Trail: Day 28 – Chore day in Wadi Musa
There were two chores I had to get done today: renew my visa which expired 2 days ago, and do a food and water drop. I heard horror stories of others when they went to get their visas renewed. Stories...
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Hiking the Jordan Trail: Day 29 – Rest day in Wadi Musa
I hope my blisters heal. Nothing else to write about. The post Hiking the Jordan Trail: Day 29 – Rest day in Wadi Musa appeared first on Family on Bikes.
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Hiking the Jordan Trail: Day 33 – Wadi al-Saif to Wadi Aheimar (7 miles)
Hiking through these wadis is very difficult. I’m constantly climbing up the steep walls, then dropping down into another wadi. Navigation is tricky, and I would be completely lost without my GPS. The...
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Hiking the Jordan Trail: Day 34 – 7 miles before Wadi Aheimar to 7 miles...
The desert I hiked through today. You can see all the sand in the air from last night’s sandstorm. Tonight I found a lovely campsite in a small wadi off of Wadi Aheimar. That’s what I thought last...
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Hiking the Jordan Trail: Day 35 – Wadi Aheimar to New Humiema (14 miles)
Wadi Aheimar. The picture doesn’t do justice to the magnificence of this wadi. I really needed a person standing there for perspective. Today was a continuation of hiking up Wadi Aheimar. As I...
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Hiking the Jordan Trail: Day 36 – New Humiema to Shakriya (18 miles)
Starting out in the morning in unimpressive desert, which soon led to the dramatic scenery of Wadi Rum of Lawrence of Arabia fame. It was a long but easy day as I made the transition into the Wadi Rum...
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Hiking the Jordan Trail: Day 37 – Shakriya to the Mohammed Mutlak Camp (14...
The deep sand of Wadi Rum was gorgeous, but extremely difficult to walk through. By the end of the day I hated this cursed orange sand. My plan today was to hike a short 6 miles from Shakriya to Rum...
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Hiking the Jordan Trail: Day 38 – Rest day in Mohammed Mutlak Camp
Sunrise at the camp in Wadi Rum. The early morning sun brought out the deep orange color of the sand. Today was a much needed recovery day, the first in 8 days and the last one of the trip. Only 4 more...
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Hiking the Jordan Trail: Day 39 – Mohammed Mutlak Camp to Titen (17 miles)
Walking out of the Wadi Rum Protected Area in the sand. Sand, sand, and more sand. Hiking through sand while sick is even less fun. I had a pretty rough night. Stomach cramps woke me up sometime after...
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Hiking the Jordan Trail: Day 40 – Titen to Aqaba (17 miles)
I was there, but too exhausted to walk across the beach and touch the Red Sea. After a very comfortable and restful night I felt considerably better in the morning. With the prospects of finishing the...
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Finished hiking the Jordan Trail: I am a broken man
After all the falling I’ve done on the Jordan Trail, the back of my pants were ripped and torn. Here I found another great use for Gorilla Tape. I feel like a broken man. The sun has bleached me both...
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A week later: Reflections on hiking the Jordan Trail
A cool, gentle breeze revitalizes me as I lay on my back gazing at the heavens. The solitude and pureness of the desert is almost as incomprehensible as its peacefulness and tranquility. As the moon...
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Join me at the Family Adventure Summit
I can’t wait! In only six weeks, I’ll be heading up to Pendicton, Canada for the Family Adventure Summit! I am so honored to have been asked to speak at this conference, and am thrilled to share my...
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10 reasons to choose an outdoor vacation with your kids
Today’s post comes from a friend of mine in the hopes that more families will choose an outdoor vacation. Kirsty loves the outdoor world and bringing the wonder of it to her kids. With her blog, Get...
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Hiking the Jordan Trail: Day 35 – Wadi Aheimar to New Humiema (14 miles)
Wadi Aheimar. The picture doesn’t do justice to the magnificence of this wadi. I really needed a person standing there for perspective. Today was a continuation of hiking up Wadi Aheimar. As I...
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Hiking the Jordan Trail: Day 36 – New Humiema to Shakriya (18 miles)
Starting out in the morning in unimpressive desert, which soon led to the dramatic scenery of Wadi Rum of Lawrence of Arabia fame. It was a long but easy day as I made the transition into the Wadi Rum...
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Hiking the Jordan Trail: Day 37 – Shakriya to the Mohammed Mutlak Camp (14...
The deep sand of Wadi Rum was gorgeous, but extremely difficult to walk through. By the end of the day I hated this cursed orange sand. My plan today was to hike a short 6 miles from Shakriya to Rum...
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