I would call the trip nothing short of EPIC!
As you said Motorpig77, the people definately make the trip and this was no exception. This was a teriffic group of people and we all had an absolute blast! We visited some amazing sites, and we clearly only knicked the surface of everything there is to do out there.
Also, we couldn't have had any better luck when it came to the weather. They got light rain out there on Thursday and Friday, which kept the dust down for the whole trip. High emperatures were in the low 80's on Saturday and mid 70's today. Winds weren't terrible at camp last night, but we did almost get eaten alive by the nastiest "camel spiders" ever.
Photos to follow in a new thread. Just need my usual time to recover and go through them.