March 15 and 17, 2013. I completed the first “major” segment of the hike on this trip: from Tel Dan, in the far north on the border with Lebanon, to the Sea of Galilee. Next “destination” is Mt. Carmel near Haifa. I’ve completed about 75 miles on the trail, have about a similar distance...
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US President Barack Obama is here in Israel. Expectations for the visit here are extraordinarily low. The sense is that Obama is here to play tourist and build up his “I suppose Israel” bona fides to earn some political capital back at home. No one expects much of anything significant to come out of...
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February 28 and March 1, 2013. I’ll let the 20-year-olds hike the Israel Trail with a backpack, sleeping outdoors and pooping in the woods. I prefer to jog the trail with a daypack and stay in a spa! These two segments started at SPNI’s Meron Field School and finished near the junction of 85...
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February 10 and 11, 2013. I hiked segments 3 and 4 of the Israel Trail, starting at Wadi Kadesh and finishing at SPNI’s Meron Field School. Segment 3: http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=3965836 Segment 4: http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=3973815 The logistics for this trip worked out pretty well. I stayed at Leah’s Cabins in the Village in the moshav of Dishon, on...
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January 29, 2013. The sign says “This is the starting point for the Israel Trail.” At Tel Dan, just a few miles from the border with Lebanon. I’m hoping that sometime within the next 18 months I’ll finish the trail in Eilat…1000km, 600 miles away with the very roundabout route the trail takes. Segment...
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Everyone should have a hobby. I have a new one: running/hiking the length of the Israel National Trail. The trail is approximately 600 miles (1000 km) in length, winding its way from Tel Dan on the border with Lebanon in the north to Eilat on the border with Egypt and Jordan in the south....
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