Magic Carpet Ride

Today was our last full day at Kibbutz Ketura. We leave the desert tomorrow for the bustling streets of Tel Aviv, the City that Never Stops. I moved from the City that Never Sleeps to the City that Never Stops.
We talked about our apartments and living in Tel Aviv today. I am going to be living in a humungous apartment with eight other girls and one boy. Yes we all realize that this guy got the short end of the stick. Even I think that is too much estrogen in one place, and I am a contributor. Everyone gets along really well and I think it will be potentially great material for a future sci fi novel.
So our last night in the desert was pretty much amazing!! The Negev and Arava deserts in Israel are very rocky. It’s not like the Sahara or Arabian Nights. However……there is a spot with some incredible sand dunes. There are rocks for miles and miles and miles as far as the eye can see, then there are these rolling hills of soft, amazing sand. It was a giant sand box of the softest sand I have ever seen. It is an unbelievable sight to see, but even better was to feel the sand on our feet. When faced with a sandbox of this magnitude, everyone no matter their age acts like a kid; and that is exactly what we did. We took off our shoes and when crazy. We ran and jumped and rolled down sand dunes. Sooooo much fun! I rolled down a sand dune and now have sand in every crevice of my body imaginable, even some unimaginable. There is sand in my ears.
After romping around the sand dunes we had dinner under the stars. I thought I saw a lot of stars at the Kibbutz…..that was nothing compared with middle of nowhere desert. I could see the Milky Way.

It was a pretty incredible evening. Now I need to attempt to wash all the sand off. I will probably be finding sand for the next month.