Well, we went on 2 great field trips, one for land and bible to the Shephelah, and one that was mandatory for the History of Ancient Israel class, but the rest of us went along too. The Shephelah one was a beautiful trip, down to see 5 valleys. The Aijalon, where the sun stood still when Joshua was there, we didn't actually go into, but we looked down it. The Sorek, which is where the story of Samson took place, to read more about the story of Samson check out my dad's new blog. :D
Then we went to the valley of Elah, where David fought Goliath. then to the Guvrin valley, where the Prophet Micah lived. Then we went down to the Lachish valley, where Sennacherib the Assyrian came up to lay seige to Jerusalem during the time of Hezekiah. He never got Jerusalem, but he took the city of Lachish, nota very important town, and then went home and had this big mural thing made up about his great victory at Lachish. :D
So here's the like to the photo album, just click the picture.
That was on Wednesday, and the next trip we took was on Friday. We all packed up and then got on the bus and headed out to the Dead Sea. We got there, and set up camp on the shore. Then we all changed into our swimsuits and went into the water. It was one of the strangest things I've ever experienced. I'm so used to swimming, but this is like nothing I've ever done. you get past about knee level, and you have trouble standing because your feet want to come up. So you let yourself into the water, watching out for the sharp crystals of salt that encrust all the rocks along the shore (I scraped my knee on one, and it got all puffy and red. Although not infected because of all the salt. :D) So you get in the water, and you literally CAN NOT sink. It's a pretty crazy feeling. We had to figure out the maneuvering. You had to float on your back and then pull your legs down, and then flip over and dog paddle to get anywhere. :D Then there are some banks that have this black mud, that people always put all over themselves. Because it's supposedly good for your skin. Then we all did that and then came back and washed it off. And i got salt water in my eyes, and it burned. Haha. :P Then we all got out, and went back to our campsite where we changed and ate dinner. Then we had a campfire and sang songs and had a devotional and a prayer time in small groups. Then we slept in our sleeping bags out under the stars. It was pretty great to look up and see the great bowl of the sky with the Big Dipper right above my head and Orion behind me. It was amazing. The next morning we woke up and had breakfast. Then we packed up everything and went to the bus. We had a cool crazy bus driver named Mickey. "Not Mickey Mouse." Then we drove up to this nature preserve area, and we hiked up "the cliffs of insanity" and saw some ROUS's (rock Hyraxes). And we hiked to the stream of en Gedi, where David wrote Psalm 63 when he was on the run from Saul. Then we hiked back into a canyon called the Dry Canyon, but it had too much water in it from last week's flash flood, so we couldn't go down there, so instead we turned around and went to some waterfalls. There we swam in the pools and it was great fun. Then we came down, ate lunch and came home. :) and that was my great adventure for the week.
Photo Albums from that below.
Love to All!
Savannah.
Then we went to the valley of Elah, where David fought Goliath. then to the Guvrin valley, where the Prophet Micah lived. Then we went down to the Lachish valley, where Sennacherib the Assyrian came up to lay seige to Jerusalem during the time of Hezekiah. He never got Jerusalem, but he took the city of Lachish, nota very important town, and then went home and had this big mural thing made up about his great victory at Lachish. :D
So here's the like to the photo album, just click the picture.
That was on Wednesday, and the next trip we took was on Friday. We all packed up and then got on the bus and headed out to the Dead Sea. We got there, and set up camp on the shore. Then we all changed into our swimsuits and went into the water. It was one of the strangest things I've ever experienced. I'm so used to swimming, but this is like nothing I've ever done. you get past about knee level, and you have trouble standing because your feet want to come up. So you let yourself into the water, watching out for the sharp crystals of salt that encrust all the rocks along the shore (I scraped my knee on one, and it got all puffy and red. Although not infected because of all the salt. :D) So you get in the water, and you literally CAN NOT sink. It's a pretty crazy feeling. We had to figure out the maneuvering. You had to float on your back and then pull your legs down, and then flip over and dog paddle to get anywhere. :D Then there are some banks that have this black mud, that people always put all over themselves. Because it's supposedly good for your skin. Then we all did that and then came back and washed it off. And i got salt water in my eyes, and it burned. Haha. :P Then we all got out, and went back to our campsite where we changed and ate dinner. Then we had a campfire and sang songs and had a devotional and a prayer time in small groups. Then we slept in our sleeping bags out under the stars. It was pretty great to look up and see the great bowl of the sky with the Big Dipper right above my head and Orion behind me. It was amazing. The next morning we woke up and had breakfast. Then we packed up everything and went to the bus. We had a cool crazy bus driver named Mickey. "Not Mickey Mouse." Then we drove up to this nature preserve area, and we hiked up "the cliffs of insanity" and saw some ROUS's (rock Hyraxes). And we hiked to the stream of en Gedi, where David wrote Psalm 63 when he was on the run from Saul. Then we hiked back into a canyon called the Dry Canyon, but it had too much water in it from last week's flash flood, so we couldn't go down there, so instead we turned around and went to some waterfalls. There we swam in the pools and it was great fun. Then we came down, ate lunch and came home. :) and that was my great adventure for the week.
Photo Albums from that below.
Love to All!
Savannah.
9 comments:
Wow! Your blogsite looks great! Good job.
i concur with your dad! The layout looks awesome!
Yes, Savannah, the header you created is well done. Nice creativity.
Hey Vannah! I really like the new title, and the whole look of your blog. Thanks for the very detailed post, too. Can't wait to talk to you when you get back to Ibex from the 4 day tour.
Cool new layout! And yay for pictures! =D
What an amazing experience, Savannah! To be able to see with your own eyes where biblical history was made. Very cool!
love your blog :) it looks fantastic and is challenging me to actually work on my poor little dejected blog's aesthetics.
Oh my goodness!!! I am blown away! Your blog looks AMAZING!! You are so talented Savannah!!! Im jealous!
Hi Vanna!
I'll comment on yours if you'll comment on mine! lol. I like your pictures of camping!
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