More from Chris and Deborah on their tour in Egypt. These pictures come from their time on Lake Nasser. Before moving on, notice the bird in the very top of this first picture.

In the picture above, they captured the National Bird of Egypt, a Steppe Eagle. This picture from the web shows what it looks like.

Deborah as captain of one of the boats that took them from their cruise ship to the various sites.

Our two adventurers with their cruise ship on the lake between them to the rear.

This is a picture from Google Earth showing an island with an historic site which they were able to see from the ship. The ship in the picture may very well be the ship on which they’re cruising. You can see the blue swimming pool on the top deck.

Hopefully more to come whenever we get pictures from them.

While out with Jessie this morning, I heard a very familiar sound – Sandhill Cranes. They aren’t migrating yet, but that will start in the next week or so and continue until mid-March. These cranes were flying West from the Rio Grande River to our neighbor community, Rio Rancho.

Another dose of super cute for you mid-week.

Chris and Deborah are in Egypt. Deborah is the coordinator of a Washington University (St. Louis) tour for some of their donors. Chris is tagging along as a support for Deborah. She said that for every event she would have to be the first to arrive and the last to leave. She’ll need his support.

They left last Friday and took a 14 hour flight to Qatar. Then they took a flight to Cairo where the tour started. These are the first pictures they sent from their first day in Cairo.

The next day they flew to Aswan where they will embark on a multi-day cruise down the Nile. We did get this picture of them on the boat before the cruise started.

They said the boat didn’t have wifi so we may not hear from them again for several days.

A great adventure.

Dismayed over 6 more weeks of Winter I added a second Monday meme …

Winter probably wouldn’t last as long if it wasn’t for this durn Groundhog …

Simple answer when you don’t want more Winter …

If you’ve never been to a Buc-ees, you should. It’s the Walmart/Costco version for gas stations …

Looks like a dog named Lucky to me …

Hmmm. An interesting question …

I want this Hummingbird feeder …

Probably worth it …

So true …

If the second jar was mine, it would be overflowing …

The secret to success …

Finally, this video is so good I didn’t want to wait until Wednesday to share it. Who said Dads can’t be good parents? …