Amazing history defines the sites we saw along the western shore of the Sea of Galilee.

We started at the most visited site in Israel outside of Jerusalem.
Amazing history defines the sites we saw along the western shore of the Sea of Galilee.

We started at the most visited site in Israel outside of Jerusalem.
The Jordan River drains the Sea of Galilee and takes it to the Dead Sea, at least geographically speaking. Today the Jordan is but a trickle and the Dead Sea is drying up. On this day we headed south, leaving Galilee behind.

The Jordan River Valley is green in March, with intensive agriculture under the white, water-conserving canopy.
Sleeping on a mat in a bedouin tent was not the worst night of sleep I’ve had in the past year. But most of us were up early and ready to watch the sunrise chase the crescent moon over the eastern horizon. (more…)