This Week's Fieldtrip

Qumran: where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.

Masada

Israeli flag at Masada

Masada- the Dead Sea is behind us

Herod's Northern Palace at Masada

We went on a beautiful hike to the springs of En Gedi

En Gedi

Our little friends from En Gedi

The Dead Sea (those mountain ranges in the distance are in Jordan)

The salt crystals in the Dead Sea

Floating in the Dead Sea

Just reading the newspaper as I float in the Dead Sea

We covered ourselves in the Dead Sea mud. It made our skin so soft!