Photos from our second trip.

The empty tomb

Inside the Golden Gate



Me at the Western Wall



The Western Wall



The valley of Elah, where David killed Goliath



Manger square in Bethlehem



Warren's shaft in the City of David



The Garden of Gethsemane



The Golden Gate, one of my favorites



On the Mount of Olives



An Israeli soldier



A reconstruction of the Tabernacle



By the Red Sea







Petra, in Jordan



The synagogue in Capernaum, one of my favorites



A view of Hippos



Cherie and me on the boat



A boat on the Galilee



Yardenit, where baptisms are done in the Jordan River



The view from Megiddo, what we would call the Valley of Armageddon



Joe at Ein Harod, where Gideon's army was chosen



Cherie and me on top of the OT tel at Beit Shean



Our guide, Dov, on the cardo in Beit Shean with the OT tel in the background



Cherie and me by the Mediterranean at Caeserea



The ampitheater at Caeserea



Overlooking Haifa



Joe and Chris, overlooking Haifa



Canaanite mud brick gate at tel Dan. It dates back to the time of Abraham



Jeroboams high place at Dan



Mt. Hermon



Galilee from the Arbel



On top of the Arbel



Looking across the Sea of Galilee to Tiberias



Cherie outside our room at Ma'agan. The Sea of Galilee is behind her.

Going Back

Cherie and I are going back to Israel in January of 2009. We are looking for people to go with us. So, if you'd like to go along please let us know!

Some more pictures.

Jerusalem! This is the Beautiful Gate seen from the Mt. of Olives. Of all things I most looked forward to seeing Jerusalem. I wasn't prepared for the effect it would have.
I could go back and just wander around Old City Jerusalem for days.

Walking through one of the water shafts. Joab captured Jerusalem by going up through one of these shafts. They get pretty small.

This is where a body would have been laid in the Garden Tomb. The way it is carved is very interesting. No one knows for sure where Jesus was buried. Maybe it was here?

The door tells it all.

People taking turns to look inside the tomb. We had to wait about 20-30 minutes.

The western wall. We visited on a Bar-Mitzpah day. The cabinets hold old scrolls that the boys have to read.

This is a first century street alongside the temple mount. Jesus may have walked on this street, and so did we.

The view of the Dead Sea from Qumran.

The scribes room at Qumran. This is where the Essenes copied the scriptures. The scrolls that we call the "Dead Sea Scrolls" would have been copied here.

Up this draw is cave #1 where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.

Another cave where scrolls were found.

Looking east from Masada. The land in the background is Jordan. The Dead Sea is very low and is actually divided into two parts. The picture shows the southern end of the northern part. The Dead Sea is the lowest place on earth, 1300 feet below sea level. At the northern end the sea is about 300 feet deep.

The siege ramp that the Romans built to get to the Jews on Masada.

The treasury building at Petra. A very impressive sight. Remember Indiana Jones?
One of the Beduoins asked me how many camels I would take for Cherie.

Walking through the Siq (pronounced "seek"). The entry to Petra.

Cherie and I by the Red Sea in Eilat. Eilat is Israel's main vacation place.

I probably won't put any more pictures on this blog. If you want to see more I have about 700.