Desert is ....

Todd, our rabbi had tried to expose us to enough sun 

to go into the desert. Today was the day.

The bus dropped us off at a wadi, a dry river bed. 

often translated in the bible as river

As you can see, this river is pretty dry

although at some places with smooth stones 

you could see that water does run through it at times

Our rabbi set a fast pace intentional and we tried to keep up

usually I had people in view, but there was precious little time 

to take pictures

While hiking we were asked to finish this sentence:

Desert is .......