Chapter 20Saudi ArabiaI sank down beside Leah. She raised an eyebrow encrusted
with sand.
Putting my arm around her shoulder, I drew her
close.
“I got you into this… I’ll get you out.”
She gave a weary smile. “Nonsense. I forced you into
bringing me along. It’s my own fault.”
Everyone was acutely aware of our predicament. We
trudged on, walking beside the camels to save on food. Few words were
exchanged. We skirted the higher dunes but there were others so vast they
could not be avoided. The effort required to scramble up their faces, the
camels being urged and pushed on, began to take its toll. Reaching the
crests, where the winds had eroded them to a knife edge, we stumbled down
their sides, frequently causing mini-avalanches. We were often enveloped in
broadsides of loose,
