Sandy Days and Sundays

Scott is still waiting to make the last leg of his deployment trip. He was scheduled to go to his regular base over the weekend but due to terrible sand storms, his flight was cancelled. Since he had a bit more time in the area, he was able to visit a local bazaar/market. It was much more subdued than he expected, but the Muslims are currently observing Ramadan and fast from sun-up to sun-down which inevitably effects their energy level. He did have one other middle-eastern encounter worth noting. On Saturday he stuck his foot in his shoe for a morning workout and was surprised by what he thought was a small rock. He took of his shoe, shook it out, but found nothing. Returning from his workout, he removed his shoe and sock only to find a spider bite which he was told resembled that of a camel spider. Camel spiders are really not spiders at all; they are solifugae. Thus, they have no venom and the only threat from a bite is infection. From everything I've read online, it seems they are really not a threat, but I really don't recommend googling the things. They are quite ghastly looking and are the main characters of some really horrible myths/legends. I'm quite sure I'll have nightmares when I finish this post and go to bed. Yikes!