Coming Home...

Our journey here is finished. We are all coming home with a much deeper understanding and overwhelming respect for what Lehi's family did for each one of us living in these latter days. See you all soon!

Khor Kharfot

Another possible canidate for "Bountiful". (This one gets my vote.) As we carefully studied the Book of Mormon and looked for an even deeper description of Bountiful, (and it's all in Nephi's writings), this site was meeting them all. Although we will not know the exact location until the Lord reveals it to us, we do know that Lehi's epic journey across the Arabian desert ended on this coast within a few miles one way or the other of this beach.

We all knew and felt we were on sacred ground.

Lehi's family would have traveled through this valley which is named Wadi Sayq

(which means "river valley") to reach the great sea called Irreantum.

Our plans had to be altered because of the

dense fog and rain.

Camp

Camp Out---"Bedouin Style"

A possible candidate for "Bountiful"

Dinner...Bedouin Style

My "hotel" accommodations

More Camels!

A typical "Jebali" (mountain people) home

Their camels...this was just a few of them!

More Camel shots...

Camels are everywhere!

This one loves coke-a-cola!

Finding Mecca

In every hotel room and even on the airplane, somewhere there will be an arrow pointing to Mecca. Each hotel room also has a prayer rug. I found this arrow on the ceiling of my hotel room.

I love being in a land where people "pray often" and "modestly dressed people" is the norm rather than the exception!

I feel very at peace here. We all believe in the same eternal God...the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This is very sacred and holy ground.

A fun picture

All the women with Scot Proctor

(our guide)

The Incense Souk (market)

So much ancient history!!

A ship that has been "sewn" together.
The ancient seaport of al-Baleed
A frankincense tree (look for the hardened sap)

Frankincense Land

We are in the heart of "The Land of Incence"... most notably... Frankincense. The frankincense trees are everywhere. With the seaport right here and the incense route nearby...this was and is the Frankincense center of the world. We visited the newly opened Museum of the Frankincense Land. Pictures were prohibited...so I bought the museum books to bring home to share the rich maritime history in this area. This was an important stop on our Lehi Trail because it displayed styles of ships made in Oman, the sea routes used to transport incense back to the Mediterranean area, and most importantly the tools and materials used to make ropes and build ships anciently. Many of the displays dated back to 600BC when Lehi's family would have been here.

We also visited an ancient seaport that has just been discovered by archaeologists in the last 10 years. The site is "in progress" and changes monthly as more is uncovered. The shipping port dates back to the 10th century AD.

Then we did get to shop at the local incense souk (market). So, I'm bringing home some frankincense and myrhh!