Negev field trip . . . continued . . .
We left the hotel Arad and headed to tel Arad just a few miles away. It was the site of ancient Arad. Again, too cool for details here!
From there we headed West to Beersheva (or Beersheba). This is the traditional southern-most point of the nation of Israel. Abraham planted a Tamerisk tree here when he dug a well. We stopped to have lunch and I ate at . . . McDonalds!!!!!!!! Greasy hamburger . . . greasy, golden french fries . . . iced coke . . . apple pie . . . ice cream cone!!!!!!! I am sooooooooo tired of having cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes, olives and hummus for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The Israelis need some new plays in their culinary play book!!!!!! Lunch was great. They even had a McDrive thru!!! I took a picture!!!!
From Beersheva we headed west and north to the Mediterranean Sea and the ancient Philistine city of Ashkelon. Everyone swam in the sea . . . several of us opted to amuse ourselves watching them as most of them were dumb enough to swim in the middle of jelly fish and get multiple stings! I wasn't too impressed . . . looked an awful lot like South Padre Island. But, the remains of Ashkelon were cool.
Left Ashkelon and headed back North and inland toward Neve Shalom. Along the way we passed the Valley of Elah which is the ancient site of the battle between David and Goliath and several other important places.
Got back . . . tired. Washed my about 5 days worth of laundry in the shower while I showered! It took about 40 minutes. Hung everything out to dry. Had dinner . . . caught up with blog and now I'm ready for bed and that early 4:00 am alarm clock!
This week is only going to be a 4-day work week. We leave early Friday morning for our 3-day field trip to the North!
Shalom!
Trey
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Those are some cute legs there. It looks like you are staying busy. I hope all is well. Brian
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