Thanks to all for the positive messages! If any of you are considering a trip to Jordan give him a ring and he will hook you up. Below is a link to his website, which details some of his services. You can also order off the menu and create your own trip.
If you do go, here is what I learned about travel in Jordan specifically.
Do: Rent a car to get around. Driving is fairly easy everywhere except Amman, which is horrible.
Don't: get the GPS for your car. It was utterly useless and actually only makes it more confusing.
Do: see Petra and Wadi Rum. If you can ride a horse you may want to go by horseback rather than camel. I have ridden horses since childhood but this was my first time by camel. After 8 hours the first day my butt was crying. I guess I should have known better, a horse looks like it has a seat on top, a camel has a hump.
Don't: think about a luxury tour. The Saudi princes have their vacation spots in Jordan and they pay dearly for it. Better to slum it, in my opinion. That means not flushing toilet paper and not expecting everything to work. The country has had spurts of growth and the infrastructure has not always kept up.
http://www.wadi-rum.com/
