Sukkot in Israel #2: Scott goes north

During Sukkot, it is 'traditional' for Israelis to travel. So in the spirit of "when in Rome..." I decided to take a short trip to Yehudiyah Nature Reserve in the Golan Heights. It was a really nice trip, and a great hike; the pictures don't do it justice at all. Anyhoo, it felt great to get out and about a bit and I look forward to much more hiking this year. I am especially endebted to Yonatan and Anton, two of the rangers up there, who were super cool and helpful.


This is my idea of a sukkah...

This waterfall is one of the main attractions of the upper canyon hike. You can't tell from the picture but there was about 20 screaming and splashing kids running around.

This is a different waterfall, but for this part of the hike one must climb down the ladder you see on the right (about 30 feet or so) and swim accross the little (freezing-ass cold) lagoon. I sat and had tea with Yonatan the ranger on the rocks just to the left of the top of the waterfall before making my way down.

Trying my best to look bad-ass, but failing miserably as usual.

The hike that I did was an upper and lower section of a canyon. The good news was that it was a great hike. The bad news was that towards the end of the hike one must climb back up the canyon. It was steep and rocky and put a stairmaster to shame, but invigorating none-the-less. Of course the very end of my hike had me traipsing through a field full of natural land-mines (aka cow poop) but I decided that this was not pic-worthy.

So hopefully that gives you a least a small sense of my northern jaunt. I only stayed for the one night, but plan to head back north again soon. Hope all is well for whoever is reading this. much love!!