With all this Sand, i can't keep myself from looking for the water!?

"where's the beach?"

No one here thinks that's a funny joke. But you know what they say, keep telling a joke until it's funny =)

Sunrise over the weapons range. More army stuff.

Tent city

This was during our flight in. The sunrise at 30k feet.

Barren wasteland-

I have never experienced a more harsh climate. The sun comes up around 5am, and by 7am it's already hotter than 100 degrees out. Midday bring with it a pretty significant wind. The wind, of course, carries the sand/dirt all of over the place. And i mean everywhere!
Showering seems pointless (but i still do it) since by the time you get back to the tent, your covered in dirt again.

We live in tent city. Lots and lots of tents. It's hard to even imagine trying to make this country my home.