Travel is what you make it!

It is Friday night in Tel Aviv and the Holy Land Tripsters have arrived. We are at the Metropolitan Hotel just a few short blocks from the Mediterranean Sea. An open window in our hotel room brings in sea breezes.

We have gathered from eight US states and all but two (Jim Fleming and Darla Ping) arrived as they were scheduled. The other two are safely on their way and will join us tomorrow as we head to the Dead Sea.  There are stops along the way at Qumran where the Dead Sea scrolls were discovered in 1948 and at En Gedi where we will hike to the waterfall and caves of the story of David and Saul found in I Samuel 24.

Then we move on to swim in the Dead Sea-it is more accurate to say "bob" in the Dead Sea. The 32% salinity of the sea means you can lay back and read the paper while floating.

On the Lufthansa flight across the Atlantic there was a message at the bottom of the screen on the seat back in front of me which read: "Travel is what you make it, we invite you to make it brilliant." We will have brilliant travel. With God's presence and Jim Fleming as our guide it will be both brilliant and blessed.

We send our greetings and blessings,
Mary