Nature News

Number of sunny days this week: 6
Number of cloudy days this week: 1
Number of rainy days this week: 1
Number of snowy days this week: 0
Number of windy days this week: 2
What is the air temperature right now in Fahrenheit?: 60
How was the weather this week?:

The weather was perfect during the daytime. It was in the 60s, with a cool breeze blowing. At night in the desert, the tempertures dropped to the high 30s and low 40s. Chilly, but warm compared to our apartment in Bucharest.

What animals did I see this week? :

We saw desert lizards, goats, crows, sheep, camels, mules, horses, puppies and cats.

What was the coolest thing I saw in nature this week?:

We saw two little puppies nestled together trying to warm up in the chilly desert morning on our hike up to see some 2,000-year-old Nabataean tombs. The Nabataeans are the people who built the city of Petra into the cliffs. We also got to ride on a camel through Petra.

Other Nature News from this week:

Cats were everywhere! Jordanians are very friendly to cats. We even saw one hanging out at a holy site we went to visit!