CAIRO

Just as a bit of trivia, today is my 1,000th blog post. I guess I'm just kind of proud of that.

Our 16th floor hotel room in Cairo, Egypt sits on the edge of the River Nile. It is late in the evening - 11:30 p.m. - and the river down below from our balcony is just now heating up with floating riverboat casinos, loud music and thousands of people thronging the streets. Traffic is reminiscent of Chicago at the 5 p.m. rush hour, except it's nearly midnight.

Egypt is a land of antiquities. We visited a mosque today as well as the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, where we saw many artifacts dated from 2500 BC and before. Highlights were King Tutenhkamen's furniture, chariots, beds, dishware and hundreds of other items found in his tomb.

One of the most exciting parts of the day was that I managed to cross two items off my Bucket List in one day.

The first was visiting the Egyptian Pyramids (pictured above) and the Sphinx. A few of us even paid a little extra to go inside one of the pyramids. Awesome.

The second thing I crossed off my list was Joelene and I getting the opportunity to ride a camel together. It doesn't get any better than riding one right in front of the Pyramids in the Egyptian desert.

Pray for the people of Egypt.

And be blessed.