Monday

It's the end of a long day (aren't they all??).  We began with amazing jeep rides through the Golan Heights.  Our drivers, macho kibbutzniks and elite soldiers, bounced us and tossed us and essentially tried to scare us to death.  And yes, that was fun.  But along with the thrills was the very serious reality of pre 1967 life.  The omnipresence of Syrian bunkers  overlooking kibbutzim was shocking; the fact that there were so many Syrian machine gunners in those bunkers, pinning down kibbutzniks for so many years was sobering.

Our next major stop was the Tel Dan Nature Reserve.  What a fantastic place for a hike, looking at the ancient ruins and watching the headwaters of the Jordan flow by.  I am too pooped to continue.  I hope to do more justice to this day tomorrow.  

Tomorrow night is Jerusalem!!!