We had left things open on where to stay on Saturday night and after finding some dinner decided traveling up to the Masada Guest House/Hostel was our best plan. With 3 hours of driving ahead of us we piled back in the car and headed North. About 10pm we were wondering whose crazy idea this was? When we arrived in Masada and there was a closed gate I began to get a little nervous. Is there anyone here? Are we going to have to sleep in the car? Fortunately there was someone who let us in and there were rooms available. We really had very little choice as far as cleanliness or price for the room, but were pleasantly surprised with both. We hit the pillows just before midnight. Steph and Matt woke up by 5am and hiked up the hill to Masada to see the sunrise. Although the sunrise view was tempting, Ken and I have both seen Masada more than twice and valued a good nights rest so we decided to just meet them at breakfast around 8:30am. After checking out, we continued North to Ein Gedi where they hike to David's waterfall and then took a swim in the Dead Sea.
We spent the afternoon at Qumran and then headed for home. (Side note about Qumran.... a girl (maybe 20?) and her mom came up to me and said I think I know you, where are you from? I said Portland, OR and we spent the next 10 minutes trying to track down where she thought she knew me from. Turns out I was her summer camp counselor at Eagle Fern when she was 13. How random!). Anyway, the drive home was long and we all decided to zone out in front of the TV and watch a movie for the evening.
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What an awesome adventure! You need to catalog this in a book.
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