Our Galilee Adventure

We had three days off this week and drove up to the Lebanon Border stopping off at Caesarea on the coast. The site of one of Herod's palaces (where Paul was on trial before he went to Rome) and the Roman amphitheater.

Calm down girls,

mom is not singing "He is Able!"

She was singing "Mary did you Know?"

Roman Aqueduct that brought water from Mt Carmel to Caesarea.

We were greeted by an awesome Rainbow over the Sea of Galilee as we arrived in Tiberius. We spent two nights at a wonderful B&B in Migdal just north of Tiberius on the Sea of Galilee.

View from our room!

We visited "Nazareth Village," a reconstructed first century Isrealite village.

Farmer

Village

Don't you think he looks like Papa?

We drove up on to Mount Carmel.

View from Mt Carmel

Judy with valley of Meggido in background

Several years ago a boat dating to the first century was discovered in the mud near where we were staying. The remains have been preserved and are on display. Was this one of the boats Jesus may have sailed the Galilee on?

Galilee Boat

We went up near the Northern borders of Israel and visited a Muslim castle that was later conquered and refortified by the Crusaders, Nimrod's Castle. Al loves castles and would have spent more time there than we did but it was raining. The rain did stop and the clouds did lift long enough for us to take some pretty exciting pictures.

Looking East from Nimrod's Castle toward the Sea of Galilee

Golan Heights from Nimrod's Castle

A Rock Rabbit at Nimrod's Castle

He probably expects me to pay him a dollar for taking his picture!

Mt Hermon covered in snow!

Wednesday, when we returned to work in the Garden, we were treated to a pair of parrots that have been in and out of the Garden almost every day. They are beautiful!