Well, we drove up the Western Side of Israel from Eilat to just south of Tiberius.

Before leaving Eilat, we put our feet into the Red Sea. From Eilat, you can see Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. At night, the entire coast line lights up and all of the Israel sea side is closed and border controlled (from what I understand there is about 9 miles of border). The sea is truly beautiful.

We did get another vehicle search along the way to Galilee. We were much quicker going through this time as we knew what to expect and had all of our belongings out and back into our car in 20 minutes. I tried to take a photo of Chris repacking the car, but was told by a soldier that photos of any kind were not allowed.

It is the Israeli Independence Day. Yesterday was the Memorial Day so everything was closed when we came into town. Of all places, we ended up having to eat at a Burger King! And even BK closed at 7:00 - we just made it in at 6:45!

Our hotel is amazing. I've attached a photo which shows the view. We are surrounded by beautiful gardens and birds of all sorts of variety.

Today we went to the Sea of Galilee. The water was warm, but the beach was rocky. Not the nice white sandy beaches were used to! The Sea is about 50% larger than Lake Sunapee. Amazing to know we've visited another place where Jesus has ministered. We haven't put our photos on today from that trip.

Tonight we head to a fish restaurant. Tomorrow we're going to the Mediterrean Coast, then Wednesday to the Gaza area. The differences in the landscape of this small country are just incredible. Rocky desert to lush green. Temperatures ranging from upper 60s to 100! And about the size of New Jersey!