We are home. We actually got home Sat afternoon around 4:15P, approx 41 hours after we had gotten up Friday in Eilat. When my brother called this morning to see if we were home I realized that once home we got quite busy and didn't think to make one more blog and one more visit to FB for pictures.

So Fri we did drive from Eilat, up Hwy 90 to Jericho and then on Hwy 1 into Jerusalem. Just thought we should pay one last visit to the Mt of Olives, get one last view of the temple mount, and see if we could find it all without the guides and bus drivers we had on the tour. Well you can see from the pix on FB that in fact we did find the spots without too much trouble. Did drive into the Jewish quarter after 3PM on Friday and were sternly hollered at by a young man about driving on the Sabbath. Oh well. "Tourista".

Then we returned the rental car, repacked our bags, ate what food we had that might otherwise spoil, caught the shuttle for Ben Gurion Airport, went through security and then sat for an hour and a half until time to leave. Just a comment on security. It's interesting that the Isreali's never asked us to take off our shoes, nor did they open every one of our suitcases. They all went through the Xray machine but only the smaller of our 3 bags did they ask about, and that was because they had seen the dates we had. Not sure why that raised a question but they just asked and that was it.

Anyway, 11 hours to JFK, another 2 hour wait, then 4 hours to Salt Lake City, another hour and a half and then a little over an hour to Kalispell. The Nordtomes who had delivered us to Glacier Int'l 41 days earlier were there to pick us up, thank you. Got home, threw a load in the wash, and headed for bed by 6PM.

Thanks to all of you who were praying for us. God's strength, inner & outer, was evident, as well as His protection and direction. We thoroughly enjoyed our time, and felt the objectives were accomplished in each location. God is so good!

Greetings. It has been a few days and I expect this to be short. We are still in Eilat, leaving tomorrow morning (Friday) to return to Tel Aviv and catch the midnight flight for NYC and the good ole USofA.

Tuesday was my birthday. Thanks for lots of greetings on FB. We enjoyed the area and a chicken schnitzel for dinner in the evening. Wed we went to Petra which meant crossing the border into Jordan. It was certainly beautiful in a different way ... lots of barrenness, i.e. desert. Personally I'm hoping for some snow on the mountains of GNP when we get home. But anyway Petra was quite fascinating, the major interest being the Treasury which is pictured here.

Today it's a swim in the Red Sea (Gulf of Aqaba, where we are in Eilat) so we can say it's been done. And because it is bound to feel good. It seems to be getting a bit warmer. No surprise. Anyway general relax day before a long drive tomorrow, taking our time so as not to have to sit too long at Ben Gurion Airport. Pray for strength. By the time we get home we will have been up for close to 48 hrs. Hmmm. Pray a lot!

Thanks.