A picture of me standing in front of the pillars of the Temple of Hercules. There was a huge sandstorm that blocked the sun–it was actually as brown in real life as this picture depicts it.

Even that was exciting! I always wanted to be in a sandstorm in the Middle Eastern deserts. I wasn’t too concerned about the storm anyway since I was raised in West Texas. Sandstorms can sometimes be an everyday thing there.

Its so common that my high school mascot is a sandstorm.