August 10, 2010
I know that this post comes a day late, but read about our day and you'll understand why I was absolutely too exhausted to even think about the blog last night :)
We began our morning bright and early with another delicious Israeli breakfast, checked out of the hotel and were off to Camel Ranch for our first stop of the day. We went on a 1 hour camel safari through the desert and beautiful Eilat mountains. We rode along the path that most scientists agree (although not all) is the dividing line between the Sinai and Negev deserts. The line of the day was about 45 minutes into the ride when Benjamin said, "Next time can we please skip the camels?" He didn't like the bumps. After a snack of Bedouin bread, cheese, and tea, we headed to Timna Park.
Can you say, "HOT HOT HOT"? I don't think we have ever experienced such extreme heat ever. In the middle of the desert with no shade at all, of course our kids wanted to climb up the mountains into the caves to look for the ancient writing. I was so smart by wearing flip flops-- you cannot imagine how the hot sand burned my feet! We watched a great presentation about the Egyptian copper mines, saw a replica of the mishkan, went paddle boating on Timna Lake, and filled bottles with colored sand from the area. It was a lot of fun, but did I mention that it was HOT?!
After a stop at Big Apple Pizza for lunch, next we drove back down to the marina and went on an Eilat Glass Bottom Boat Tour. Other than a few kvetchy children, the scenery was magnificent and the air was even better. We rode along both the Jordanian and Egyptian borders, along Dolphin reef and saw dolphins, and over Coral Beach in the glass bottom boat. Even the kids thought seeing the beautiful coral and fish was cool.
After we got off the boat, we literally sped out of Eilat. The time was 5:50 PM and we were trying to make the 9:00 PM sound and light show on the back side of Masada. The woman at Masada said that we would never make it, but Yehuda was determined. Guess what? We made it with even 20 minutes to spare. Yehuda and I loved the show, but Joshua and Benjamin had no interest and Leora and Zachary were a little bit confused about what was going on. After a LONG drive home, we arrived in our apartment at 2 AM.
Maybe tomorrow should be a more laid back day....
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