Wednesday Evening

Wow, what a day it has been!

Today has been very full, this afternoon after lunch (which sadly were left-overs from last night) Mari and Greg and I headed down to Banias, a river that flows from very near here into the Jordan. It was about a 15 minute hike from the kibbutz. http://www.jafi.org.il/education/noar/SITES/banias.htm for more information. It is the hottest day since we've gotten here, not my speculation, a true account, and down in the river valley it was so much cooler and the water was so cold that it numbed our legs. I body surfed a little in the not so rapid rapids. It was beautiful down there, like a different world. The trees shaded the area and all that we could hear was the roar of the water, it was beautiful. The trees are full with spiderwebs and cocoons that make everything seem a little dreamy. Wow...what a country.

After pottery washing this afternoon (my last!) we took our Wednesday day trip...this time to Tel Hazor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Hazor if you want to check it out). It is to the south of the Hula Valley what Tel Dan is to the North, in antiquity if one was booming the other was small and vice versa. There is an enormous temple right in the center that faces East, they aren't sure why.

We got back just in time for dinner, our last supper together. I feel pretty distressed about leaving. You understand, we have been for three weeks spending all our time together. We eat together, play together, work together, sleep together (not that way!), and pretty much everything. It's very strange. We've become such a part of each other's every day life.

After dinner tonight we had a going away party. David bought us ice cream, cakes, baklava, Mt. Hermon wines (both red and white) and some other sweet treats. The twenty-five of us ate together under the stars over-looking the Golan Heights/Lebanon. What a beautiful place, and man, I'm going to miss the nights, it's beautiful out and the air...I know I've said it before but I can't get enough.

Well kids, I may write tomorrow, I may not be able to. Next stop, Tel Aviv to meet my delightful Mommy. I'll update ASAP. Much love!!