We had joy we had fun we had seasons in the sun

We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun... (click for soundtrack)

and scroll down, the present is only memories in the making.....

Oren's leaf wrap...edible leaf with olives and edible mustard flowers. delish!

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Masada

Next in the succot '09 trail was Masada! Finally we made it this year, and was no way disappointed. It was obvious we were going to see the light and sound show in the evening, which was just a stones throw from the campsite. This site is opened to the public only on national holdiays etc.,

Waiting not so patiently for the light and sound show, great anticipation, lots of buses and outsiders where filling the seats!

By not expecting anything, we certainly wasn't disappointed, fantastic show!
A highlight of the whole trip that's for sure!


Eylon found the best, last place infront of the valley with a cool breeze and luckily we found the tent was under the great shade of the masada during the morning, so no burning sun! Which meant we could enjoy a slow cook up of tea and of-course classic shashuka for breakfest!

Farod Music Festival 2009

After some 2 hours driving and "are we there yet?" we finally arrive at Farod's Festival, basking in the late afternoon glow, perfect timing



Where ever I lay my tent is my home...



So nice meeting up with kibbutz kids, only to find they're nolonger kids but have kids themselves!! Hanging out with the crowd still after all these years


but still we decide to go on to Nahal Amood


Morning was easy and slow we just hung around till it was obviously too hot to trek, oh well another lazy hammock day.



So on our way to somewhere, we drop in Nahal Ziv
Water was soooo cold but soooo good, i was the only one i think who went shoulder deep, if the water doesn't reach there, it ain't "worth a swing"

Ein Akev - Succot

Climbing the forbidden night-snake path... in the morning is just not the same, maybe next year they'll decide to change it back again and allow the climb under moonlight :)




A real Tolkien wonderland.


Standing on the summit bathing in the morning haze was stunning!
What can I say from a feeble non-walker, it was worth it.


Just to show where we camped in this amazing no-where place, you see the small cars on the bottom of the pic? Yep thats where we pitched under a full moon!! :)