Trip to Tiran Island

Recently, Bob took a trip to Tiran Island, off the coast of Sharm el Sheikh in the Red Sea. He was checking out the location as a site for a microwave tower for the MFO. You're lookin' good, Honey! Like a movie star in an action film!

A shot of the island from the helicopter.

The place is truly a "desert island." I doubt even Robinson Crusoe could survive here for long! There is an MFO contingent of U.S. Army troops who actually stay on the island for a few weeks at a time. ALL their supplies, including water, have to be airlifted in twice a week! You can't dock a boat at the island and walk up the mountain, because the beach area still has a lot of mines buried that are left over from the Israeli-Egyptian war.



I think I'll stick with the normal tourist sites and Bob's place at North Camp on my visits, though riding in a Blackhawk would be fun!

2 comments:

gbeach said...

Bob is looking pretty good. Nice beard. (please don't tell me he had it at Christmas). That place looks like it would be a place to totally relax.

Love Ed and gail

Shelly said...

Lookin' good Dad! It was so fun seeing you last week. Missing you already!!

Life Is One Adventure After Another!

I started this blog page as a way to keep everyone up to date on Bob while he was working over in Egypt, and to share our wonderful travel experiences. Now that he's back home, I'll still post family updates once in awhile, as well as items of potential interest from the Decatur front... Life's little adventures continue... ;-)

Love,
Nana