Today was a pretty amazing day. I said yesterday that it had been the best day since my arrival, but I think today now holds the trophy. This morning, again, we got up and left by 7 a.m. We headed out on a 2 ½ hour bus ride to the Northern Galilee region. Our destination was Nahal Yehudiya. This is a huge valley/mountain/stream hike location. I believe this is in the Golen area. Our day started off on a good foot. Our bus ride there went straight over to the Dead Sea, and headed North following the Jordan river and eventually leading to the Sea of Galilee. The sights were awesome on the way there.
Once we got there, our leader told us the schedule, when we needed to be back, and let us go out. In total, we hiked only like 5 hours, but the hike was incredible. I was completely awed many times by the sights and the views. We hiked down into this valley, and then met up with a stream. At times this stream was just a trickle, and other times there was huge water-falls and pools. We mostly followed the stream, but did stray around the valley a bit. The trail was full of many rocks and huge boulders that we had to climb over. By no means was it an easy hike, but it was so much fun.
We had to cross the stream pretty often. Sometimes the width of the stream was small and other times, it was wide. Sometimes it was deep, and sometimes it was very shallow. It was a challenge to keep my shoes dry. We did stop at a couple of the large pools to swim. The water was very chilly, and a great refreshment after we had hiked a good distance. There was one point were we had to swim a length of 30 yards or so where we couldn’t touch, and had to carry all of our belongings with us. This was very difficult for we had each brought at least 3 liters of water, and a lunch. I did it though.
The most fun part was when we went cliff jumping into some of the pools by the water-falls. The highest one that I jumped off was about 45 feet high. I wasn’t sure about it, but I knew that I’d never get the chance again. It was a rush, and definitely worth it. There was a ladder right beside the water-fall where the 45 ft. jump was that we had to climb back up after we had jumped. With no shoes, and a slippery/wet, metal ladder, it was scary. I got more scarred climbing up the ladder than I did jumping off the cliff.
The most amazing view was seeing a water fall that was at least 200 ft. tall. The water was no more than a trickle, but it was very wide. It fell into a pool that we swam in. You could see a large rainbow stretching across the whole bottom of the falls. At times today, I felt like it was in Africa, The Amazon, and the Grand Canyon (minus the red stone). I saw many sights that I have never seen anything like. It was truly an oasis from the Lord. Many times today, I faced fear, and said what the heck. I had a lot of fun, and am completely accident free. Today, was definitely the best day yet.
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