Day 3 in Israel was great. We got to go to the ancient fortress of Masada (I can't really remember the history of it, it was pretty impressive though, I'm just not good with details.) After this hot time in the middle of the desert, we went to En Gedi (this was where David hid out for a while. This place was a GORGEOUS place in the middle of the desert. From waterfalls, to pools of water, to wonderfully beautiful caves where he hid out, wow, not too bad for a king in hiding.) We ended the day with a quick 10 minute swim in the Dead Sea. (Any longer can seriously dehydrate you.) This was such a crazy experience. You seriously float without any effort. Actually you have to use a LOT of effort to NOT float. We also got to cover ourselves in mud. (People pay lots of money for this in the states. Little did we know that we should have really let it dry for over an hour. Oops. My skin still never felt softer.) We had a great time on this day.
We had to take a cable car up the mountain. I was kinda nervous. I never realized I was a little scared of heights.
View from the top. Thats the dead sea in the distance.
Looking down. Nope these aren't ant hills. You can still see the piles of rocks that made out the Roman campgrounds before they attacked Masada. Its not recreated. Its the originals.
The "kids" on top of Masada.
A miniature scale of Masada.
Jody and Chris walked down the mountain. This is their self portrait. It took them about 45 minutes to walk down this very steep, very HOT mountain fortress.
This is just one of Several waterfalls at En Gedi. This place was GORGEOUS!!!! David had a nice, relaxing hiding place.
Jody in one of the waterfall pools.
Megan and I at one of the waterfalls. The water was too cold for us to get in.
Floating in the dead sea. Chris in the background, Linda behind us (you had to be VERY careful on your belly, it would dunk you fast.) It was effortless to float. It was like you were on a raft.
Getting mud masks. It was so funny!
These caves are all over the place. It finally made sense to me why everyone in the Bible hid out in caves. They were nice and cool, plus they are everywhere so it would be hard to find you in them.
Once again, another fun-filled, eye opening day!
2 comments:
Did you put some of the mud in a bottle and bring it home??? ;) Great pictures!!
Well, this has nothing to do with Israel (I do love your pictures and info, though!). We took Audrey to the ENT yesterday, and he said she most definitely needs tubes. He said right now she hears like she is underwater and he can't believe that she has been a happy baby! Anyway, I just thought you would like to know. How is all that with your little girl?
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