Oh dear!!! What a day we've had. We drove for about an hour this morning to go to Gomla - it was Greg, Steve, Mari, Eva and I. We got there about 8:30ish this morning and started our descent to Gomla. The picture that is here is not mine but I do have some like it. This picture is taken from the lookout - a 15 minute walk. We then descended the mountain closest in the picture only to walk up and around the peak you see. It was a great location because of the treacerous descent on either side...hehe. At any rate, if you want more information on Gamla you can go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamla.
This place also has a vulture sanctuary. Those birds are ginormous with a wing span of somewhere near 8 feet full grown. They leave enormous shadows on the ground. It took us nearly 3 hours to go down, around and back up. On the way back up I was sure that I might die and there were many jokes of leaving me as an offering to the vultures (as well as anyone else when they fell behind). I made is as you can probably tell.
At the parking lot there was a small store where we got sandwiches and drinks. I ate a tuna and cucumber sandwich, something that I would not eat at home but alas, I needed sustinence.
After lunch we took the more family friendly path out to the waterfall. This took just a few hours to get there and back. On our way we saw many Dolmens - or large cist graves that are still in very good shape after many thousands of years. We also were lucky enough to see a vulture family on the cliffs - pretty close with Greg's binoculars. There was a Dad, Mom and baby. Those things are BIG!!
The waterfall looked so refreshing after our day but alas we were not able to get to it. It is the tallest perenial waterfall in Israel and was very pretty.
Needless to say after 5 hours of hard-core hiking I was exhausted and when we got back I passed out for two hours. We are now getting ready to go to dinner and I'm expecting another exciting experience of course.
It is already very obvious that the people who left are gone, it's a different place without them.
Love to you all...
6 comments:
I'm gonna have to say that the strange dreams may be due to the strange food...more power to you though, it's always so much easier if you just accept the random food rather than be picky and fight it. I'm so glad that I know someone as cool as you so that I can experience all this through you. Our prayers are with you! Be blessed!!
hey Shannon...sounds like you're having a great time...enjoy the walking and the hills before you come back to flat country. Caldwell
as promised here is your sytycd update...thayne & comfort were kicked off this week...most of our favorites are still in!
we miss you so much and we love to hear your updates!
Take care and see you soon!
~Brooke
when you get back to indiana, i'm going to leave you as an offering to the children of the corn.
Shannon, It sounds like you are having a wonderful time and getting to experience so much. I'm so glad you are able to have this, and I love being able to read about all of it!
Love you bunches!
Ky
Hi Shannon, great pic! Looking forward to all of your picts. Mother is sure looking so forward to next week. Eat well, rest as well you have a good time yet ahead. Your in our prayers. Bob
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