Thursday, June 5, 2008

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION






Our own Marine Guards with the Birthday Cake.
What a great party at the Ritz Carlton! A friend of ours was the volunteer event planner, and she did an outstanding job. The theme, as you can see, was "Route 66." There were vintage cars and Harleys scattered throughout the foyer and ballroom (loaned from Sheikh Faisal's museum). Food was representative of the states on Route 66 - tacos, hot dogs, steak sandwiches, corn soup, crab cakes, etc;. We had a great time - and even snuck in a photo on one of the Harleys.
Fortunately we were indoors. We are on day 2 of a wind/dust storm of Biblical proportions. I had a dream last night that I was near a volcanic eruption and my eyes were stinging, nose was stuffed and throat all scratchy from the dust. Woke up with those real symptoms - no volcano just dust blowing everywhere! I made the mistake of leaving our car windows cracked just a bit yesterday because it was so hot (115). Got in the car an hour later and there was a thin layer of dust inside - so nasty!
10 Days to the USA!

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