Desert Race

Day 1/4 Family Weekend #2

Thursday morning I skipped out of class to take my parents to the Judean Desert. While they intended on renting a car for the day, I saved them a lot through public transit. The cache though was that the busses never arrived at convenient times. So the day turned into a game of races- races through the Masada museum, documenting with artifacts the Roman palace turned rebel hideout turned monastery turned world famous archeological site; races up the mountain by cable car, around the mountain to the lookouts and remains, and down the mountain with 5th grade Israelis winding through the snake path;



races to the Ein Gedi Spa at the Dead Sea, where race took on a new meaning after climbing in tubs of mineral mud; races to the Dead Sea, where we floated in the waters for TWO MINUTES because the beach was closing; races to the last bus out of the spa to the Kibbutz, so that we wouldn't be stranded in the desert overnight; races to the final bus to Jerusalem, for the same reason.



We took lots of funny pictures and overall had a very enjoyable experience, as only the Blum's can (though still while missing Shoshboat).