Day Two: April 10th, 2006; Israel Trip
En Gedi Hike Closed...on to Masada
Finding the En Gedi Nahal David hike route closed (where they say David was inspired to write songs while hiding from Saul in the Judean wilderness), we gave up finding the next trail and took off to check out Masada (the "invincible fortress"). We took a cable car up the mountain and spent 3-4 hours in the grueling desert heat looking at almost every detail of the ruins. I've never seen such amazing ruins (Masada was built by originally by the Romans and a Jewish sect overtook it and locked themselves in. The Romans laid seige to the city with a ton of soldiers). Most impressive was the bath house, storage rooms and water systems. The Romans were ingenius when it came to their water systems. The Jews were also quite corageous in sticking the seige out for a very long time-eventually commiting suicide so they wouldn't be captured.
Finding a Hotel
After leaving Masada we informed ourselves more about En Gedi and saw and Ibex while doing so and some "hairy rats" (rock horax I later found out). We decided to look for another place to stay and proceeded to ask at Masada and two youth hostel type places in En Gedi. Everything was full. As we were driving on God spoke to me, "I also didn't have a place to lay my head, don't worry, I'll take care of you." Just then I saw a sign that there was lodging up the road so we took the whinding road deep into the deserts surrounded by hills that looked like they would drop their rocks on us at any minute. I prayed for God's protection of our rental car and we soon found a cute little B&B that was even cheaper than the youth hostels in En Gedi....finally a good night's sleep...thanks Lord!
Finding the En Gedi Nahal David hike route closed (where they say David was inspired to write songs while hiding from Saul in the Judean wilderness), we gave up finding the next trail and took off to check out Masada (the "invincible fortress"). We took a cable car up the mountain and spent 3-4 hours in the grueling desert heat looking at almost every detail of the ruins. I've never seen such amazing ruins (Masada was built by originally by the Romans and a Jewish sect overtook it and locked themselves in. The Romans laid seige to the city with a ton of soldiers). Most impressive was the bath house, storage rooms and water systems. The Romans were ingenius when it came to their water systems. The Jews were also quite corageous in sticking the seige out for a very long time-eventually commiting suicide so they wouldn't be captured.
Finding a Hotel
After leaving Masada we informed ourselves more about En Gedi and saw and Ibex while doing so and some "hairy rats" (rock horax I later found out). We decided to look for another place to stay and proceeded to ask at Masada and two youth hostel type places in En Gedi. Everything was full. As we were driving on God spoke to me, "I also didn't have a place to lay my head, don't worry, I'll take care of you." Just then I saw a sign that there was lodging up the road so we took the whinding road deep into the deserts surrounded by hills that looked like they would drop their rocks on us at any minute. I prayed for God's protection of our rental car and we soon found a cute little B&B that was even cheaper than the youth hostels in En Gedi....finally a good night's sleep...thanks Lord!
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