32 – Quickie #2



Apologies for the lack of activity here.  For several reasons, almost all happy ones, I have been too busy to report regularly.

Went to Morocco to visit the Colonel, his lovely bride, and their 3-year-old son.  Casablanca was nice, Essouria was the mythical stuff I imagined Morocco to be, and Marrakech was a high-end tourist destination for Europe and northern Africa.  All in all, a very nice R&R trip, with lots of "rest" (very much needed) and just the right amount of "recreation" to make it memorable.  (Four or five belly dancers at my table!)

Back at KAP, and I started feeling like these trucks ... old and dusty and tired.



High-rise air intake, just in case it rains a few feet overnight.

 

Water trucks are everywhere: watering roads to reduce dust, and wetting dirt
so it compacts well.  This is a never-ending job in the Kingdom.

 

This baby's got multi- colored eye shadow, rosy cheeks, a tattoo on
her forehead, and highlights in her flowing hair.  (Man oh man, do I need to get out of here!)

 

A teardrop?

Obviously a Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket.

This Japanese sweetheart is all business.

 

A stately German working woman grows old with grace in a land far from home.

Coming and going all day long ....
and dropping dust over every centimeter of their journey.

Water truck without its human.

Waitin' in line for the concrete truck to dump her load ....

A gang of trucks: Sharks versus Jets, or maybe a Michael Jackson video.

Safety First!

Perhaps the ambulance in the background can provide some assistance?

Blazing sunshine bleaches everything including black truck bumpers.

Do you prefer Swedish engineering?

Wet ground!!!! (Yeah, the drain hose for the pump burst and water
splashed everywhere for an hour or so.)

Just so we're clear: I am old and dusty and tired, but I am proud and fine and tanned and have a couple of pretty cool stamps in my passport.  Back to Boston on October 17 -- just in time for snow!

I'll be looking for all of my family at Thanksgiving a month later.  Be there or be square.