Masada

Masada is about 60 miles from Jerusalem on the Dead Sea near En Gedi. A nice drive through part of the Judean desert until you come to the wall of the Judean Mountains to the right of you with the Dead Sea on the left. The Dead Sea Scrolls were found in this area, the Qumran caves. We stopped part way to have a nail removed from our tire. We were thankful that a flat or blowout was avoided.

After a nice drive, we took the cable car to the top of Masada. I could not interest Tommie in the hike on foot!!

We finished the day with a nice meal in one of the plazas near the spa hotels and an over night stay in the Masada Youth Hostel. The next morning we were met by the rain and decided that if were were going to be cold and wet we'd prefer to do that in Jerusalem.