For our third and final day in Jerusalem, we once again made our way in the early morning to the Temple Mount.

Back to the Temple Mount and a group photo in front of the Dome of the Rock.

Appointment at the Western Wall – We started this day at the holiest site of Judaism, the western wall of the Temple Mount (also known as the Wailing Wall), where many of Jerusalem’s Jewish residents start their day in prayer.

Sunrise over the Mount of Olives on our first day in Jerusalem, the view from my hotel window.

Woke up one last morning on the shore of the Sea of Galilee with the city of Tiberias in the distance. Enjoyed our stay at Maagan Kibbutz Holiday Village.

We were hoping to see El Araj, one of the two sites currently vying to be identified as the biblical Bethsaida but there had been an unusually excessive (for May) amount of rain. But John DeLancey pushed the bus out of the mud and we were on our way.

Each of our cabins has a beautiful view of the lake. (The Sea of Galilee is also known as Lake Kinneret.)

The stone tower of Jericho, what some have called the first skyscraper in the world, built early in Jericho’s 9,000-year history. Later levels of occupation covered it.

The view from our oasis as a new day dawns. A truck drives toward bedouin villages.

We started out day walking past the tamarisk tree to the ruins of Tel Beersheva.