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| Friday morning, bright and early, more than 30 kayaks getting ready for our annual circumnavigation of the Sea Of Galilee. There has been a lot of rain and the water level has risen quite a bit more than last year. |
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| Bringing up the rear I was watching all those lovely paddlers heading off . Mount Hermon was looming on the horizon, covered in snow . |
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| The winter rains have made the hills surrounding the sea a lush green |
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| Tourist boats take day trippers out on the water for a short sail |
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| The surrounding is different from our usual beaches, here its stony shores and green hills |
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| These hills are the beginnings of the Golan Heights. A short while ago the Syrians were stationed there and would bomb our people continually |
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| The trip is actually an excuse to have many picnics along the shores |
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| Its easy to get blown into the reeds and trees in the strong winds |
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| Seeing the Sea filling up leaves us with a good feeling, we need every drop of water we can get. |
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| Its only about 56km all round, not too difficult over 2 days but its a great experience and a lot of fun. that's why we come back year after year. |
5 comments:
How wonderful to paddle amongst the history. And 30 paddlers. We call that a symposium here.
Ah the Golan heights. My wifes father was stationed there as a UN observer.
Thats interesting, what did he observe?
Hi Silbs, actually the 30 were from our club, there were about 7 more kayakers from another club doing the same thing at the same time, so at one stage there were close to 40 of us on the water together.
Beautiful!
Waiting eagerly for the next opportunity
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