Ever since I was a kid I wanted to visit Egypt. My colleagues, Bob Bauslaugh and Anne Chapin had each been their several times. I found a fascinating itinerary with EF Tours that would take us to all of the places we and students would want to see on a first trip. Over a great grilled steak at their house last summer, we decided to do it.

Recruiting students, as usual, was a challenge. Everyone wanted to go but in the end, only 7 Brevard students signed up + one alumna, Monté Sorrells, + my daughter, Elena, + their son, Drew (formerly known as the Kid in the Red Hat) + 7 others who signed on after reading about the trip in a newspaper article. Our group size was 20. My friend, Lynne Gylani, at Tennessee Wesleyan University recruited 4 of her students and 6 friends to bring a group of 11. Three others, from Grosmont College, in San Diego, led by Gwenyth Mapes, rounded out our tour group. We were led throughout the trip by the phenomenal Hala Abd El Rahman, an energetic and experienced Egyptian guide contracted by EF Tours.

This is the story of our trip, from my point of view. We had a great group of people:

Robert Bauslaugh Brevard College	Anne Chapin Brevard College Faculty	Jim Reynolds Brevard College
Hunter Boyd Brevard Student	Brian Burgess Brevard Student	Clint Dewitt Brevard Student
Curt Lorenz Brevard Student	Mark Migliore Brevard Student	Dean Mobley Brevard Student
Chelsea Shew Brevard Student	Monté Sorrells Brevard Alumna	Drew Chapin Faculty Kid
Elena Reynolds Faculty Kid	Ryann Capps College of Charleston Student	Gemma Dove Univ. of Tennessee Student
Mick Dove Canton, NC	Al Finch Mount Pleasant, SC	Kaye Finch Mount Pleasant, SC
Suzanne Wright Birmingham, AL	Mary Ann Turner Richmond, VA	and, of course, Hala Abd al Rahman

I would like to thank Nina Willis for quickly keying my scrawled journal into the computer less than three weeks after my return.

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