Saturday, April 11
We wrapped up the Life of Moses story on Mount Nebo. Moses had an amazingly difficult job. He didn’t want the job. But when God called him, he went.
Rolling stone door from a Byzantine monastery.
Washed out road on the way to the Dead Sea. Flash floods are a real thing.
Pipes for rebuilding.
The Dead Sea had bigger waves than usual. You don’t want the water in your eyes, nose, and mouth. At around 35% salinity, it is said to be therapeutic.
This was our first visit to the Jordanian side of the Dead Sea.
The Jordanian hotels are very nice.
Palace wall and guardhouse in Amman.
Grabbed a shot of the roadside color in Amman.
We heard about the siege of Rabbah while at the panoramic overlook at the Citadel. David’s first sin in the 2 Samuel 11 saga was in tarrying at Jerusalem when he should have been leading his men.
From the overlook. We’re standing on the hill that was Rabbah of the children of Ammon. In New Testament times, there was a Decapolis city here named Philadelphia.
We had a wonderful lunch at a “real local” restaurant.
Ikea is here!
The Jordan to Istanbul leg of our trip home was canceled. We’re flying to Cairo, then to Istanbul, and back to JFK.