Hard Hats for Christ

Dave coordinates heavy equipment operations for a building mission organization; he was just in Israel doing some construction. I imagine he represents the Christian Evangelical right component of the US.

I also met a prospector who showed me $15k in gold nuggets he was packing, and his miner buddy who was packing a loaded side arm. A member of the NRA. Another component of US culture.

Sandwiched between them was a gentle soul with a tattoo on her right leg which read (in international phonetic terms) that "Men talk of killing time while time slowly kills them." Yes indeed. You can see all these on Flickr .