Ride a Camel

I got my second opportunity today! =D My dad and I rented a pair of camels to walk through part of Petra. It was amazing! We were in more control this time and it was a much longer ride, and I really really enjoyed it. Riding camels is spectacular! I’m definitely going to look into a longer trail ride somewhere in the states, because it’s SO much fun. Camels are my new favorite animal. XD

I’ve decided I really like camels. This time I want to really ride a camel… aka be in control of my own camel instead of being led around whilst on a camel. XD It’d also be cool to go on a trail ride on camels! =D

I get to ride a camel tomorrow! Hooray! =D Our guide thinks camels are ugly and warned me not to call them cute, just as I was thinking it. So now we all call them cute. It’s funnier in real life. Camels are sort of ugly I suppose.

But! I will have my mother take LOADS of pictures, because I’ve wanted to ride a camel since I read that book in 7th grade about that girl with the camels… DANG, I don’t remember the name and now it’s gonna bug me. >=(

Oh well, I’ll ride a camel tomorrow either way. =P

His name was Crackers.

Here he is…’Playboy the camel!’ The worst part? When the camel stands up, it throws you forward! The best part? Erm, well I suppose the trek! It’s a bit uncomfortable but worth it! I trekked across sand dunes in Turkey.

So it wasn’t a long camel trek or trail ride like you’d get with riding horses, and was really more like a pony ride with a camel, but yesterday at my local county fair, I rode a camel! And it was awesome! Now I want to do a longer ride, but I can still consider this goal completed. This is HUGE! :)

it sounds cool…

Simon and Katherine also want to do this.

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I rode a little short one at a fair in USA, and a huge giant one in Egypt. I would like to someday race on one. My husband would’t let me in Egypt cuz he said it would just run away with me completely and they would find me weeks later in Sudan.