Last weekend we went on another uber exciting Tikkun Olam excursion. We went to the Negev, to Ramon Crater, which isn’t actually a crater…no alien space rocks in the Negev. It’s more like a canyon.
We started off our trip with a visit to a llama and alpaca farm. We learned about the differences between llamas and alpacas and got to play with them. There were quite a few that were wandering around the farm and not in pens. I got to feed them too, and almost got spat on. I definitely like llamas and alpacas better than camels. Camels are mean and ugly. The llamas and alpacas we met were pretty friendly and they have lots of personality. All camels seem to look the same, but all of the llamas and alpacas looked different and silly in their own way.
Next we went to a goat farm and tasted some yummy goat cheese and yogurt. There was a sheep there that had a baby about an hour before we got there. It was super tiny.
We spent the night at a Bedouin tent camp site. We made delicious polke (like stew on a camp fire) and chocolate fondue. It was really cold, but the sunset was beautiful.
In the morning we started out on our 7 hour hike. The weather was gorgeous. We hiked up the mountain then down it. Lots of sliding down on my butt.
Towards the end of the hike we headed towards a mountain that was made of volcanic rock. We had to get to Mordor to throw the ring in the volcano to save the world.
The desert is really beautiful. It is always amazing to see so much open space in such a small country. It’s easy to forget that Israel is only the size of New Jersey when you hike through the desert and there is nothing but rocks as far as the eye can see.
Did the Eagles come and save you.
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