Chad sent an email that arrived just before I left - he must have known that I have almost fully adjusted to the Chinese ways!!!  That is, everything is done "Just In Time" or another way of saying it is, when you need the information, it will come!!  Laughing!  So here is a portion of the email:

Here is a generic itinerary:
Middle East Summer OP Trip 2009
Date Day          Place
15-Jun 1 Monday Depart Denver - Cairo
16-Jun 2 Tuesday Cairo
17-Jun 3 Wednesday Cairo Pyramids
18-Jun 4 Thursday Cairo Museum
19-Jun 5 Friday Valley of Kings
20-Jun 6 Saturday Valley of Kings
21-Jun 7 Sunday Arrive in Sinai
22-Jun 8 Monday Sharm el-Sheikh
23-Jun 9 Tuesday Dahab
24-Jun 10 Wednesday Dahab
25-Jun 11 Thursday Dahab
26-Jun 12 Friday Dahab
27-Jun 13 Saturday Dahab
28-Jun 14 Sunday Mt. Sinai
29-Jun 15 Monday Mt. Sinai
30-Jun 16 Tuesday Mt. Sinai
1-Jul 17 Wednesday Dahab
2-Jul 18 Thursday Jordan
3-Jul 19 Friday Petra
4-Jul 20 Saturday Petra
5-Jul 21 Sunday Wadi Rum
6-Jul 22 Monday Wadi Rum
7-Jul 23 Tuesday Dead Sea
8-Jul 24 Wednesday Arrive in Syria
9-Jul 25 Thursday Bosra
10-Jul 26 Friday Damascus
11-Jul 27 Saturday Damascus
12-Jul 28 Sunday Damascus
13-Jul 29 Monday Palmyra
14-Jul 30 Tuesday Dead Cities
15-Jul 31 Wednesday Qala at al-Horn
16-Jul 32 Thursday Apamea
17-Jul 33 Friday Aleppo
18-Jul 34 Saturday Aleppo
19-Jul 35 Sunday Arrive in Turkey
20-Jul 36 Monday Sanliurfra
21-Jul 37 Tuesday Nemrut
22-Jul 38 Wednesday Nemrut
23-Jul 39 Thursday Lycian Way
24-Jul 40 Friday Lycian Way
25-Jul 41 Saturday Lycian Way
26-Jul 42 Sunday Lycian Way
27-Jul 43 Monday Lycian Way
28-Jul 44 Tuesday Izmir
29-Jul 45 Wednesday Izmir
30-Jul 46 Thursday Izmir
31-Jul 47 Friday Istanbul
1-Aug 48 Saturday Istanbul
2-Aug 49 Sunday Istanbul
3-Aug 50 Monday Depart Istanbul - Denver

As you can see, we will do a little bit of traveling!!!  grinning WILDLY some more!