Kari Teaching in Cool Places : One Hot, Crazy, and Sandy, Weekend

On thursday our professors Paula and Jan and our beloved friend Katie are heading back to Parkland to start spring semester. We wanted to have one last whole group adventure before their departure this thursday. So to the dunes it was! We traveled for 7 hours to the Tsaris Mountains of Southern Namibia. Our lodging was nestled into the mountains with no one in sight...

Naturally we hit some speed bumps along the way...

Yes, we got another flat tire. Thank you Jedd for teaching me how to change a tire. I think everyone really appreciated my tips and suggestions...

After a long journey we enjoyed a beautiful sunset at the top of a peak near the hotel. It started raining on us but soon we saw a rainbow! Perfect way to end a day

Happy Anniversary MJ and Eric so glad we got to celebrate with well...MJ

The next morning we left at 6:30 am. We wanted to get to the dunes before it got too hot. The dunes we visited are the largest red dunes in the whole world. We had a lot of fun climbing and hiking around the area. But boy was it hot! With no shade and 90 weather we were feeling the heat!

Mj and I ready for the dunes

Creeping in on the couple...but they were so cute!

This man had jokes for days.... unfortunately I did not understand one of them.

Ready for adventure in our Niks!

Bri, Mj, and I had the privilege of driving in the MU veichleduring our time in the desert. MU stands for Mysterious Utility. Our driver was quite the character. After getting stuck and pulling many back muscles our driver realized the car was never in 4 wheel drive but second gear...shoot. Bumpy would be an understatement....

On our way home from our wonderful adventure we hit a new road block...rivers in the road. This picture is of our professor Jan estimating how deep the water was before we crossed.