The middle portion of my trip to Galilee has been just as amazing (even more actually). The past two nights we have stayed at a resort on the Sea of Galilee. Not kidding, I just got back from taking an inflatable raft out onto the lake. And the places around here are so huge in the New Testament. Corazin, Capernaum and Bethsaida (the three towns where Jesus did most of his miracles and which Jesus condemned for their unbelief). The Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount. The Gadarenes, possibly where the demons were sent into a herd of pigs and hurled themselves off a cliff. Floated in inner tubes down the Jordan River. Walked up to Dan where Jeroboam built idolatrous altars to substitute for Jerusalem. And then drove up to Mt. Hermon, where Jesus was transfigured before Peter James and John. WOW. All in two days. Here are the pictures:

The Arbel Cliff-The Sea of Galilee sits 700 feet below sea level. This cliff is 300 feet ABOVE sea level. Let's just say, 1000 feet straight down with a view of the whole area. AMAZING.


The Gadarenes. You could say that the barb wire signifies the bondage that gripped the minds of the demon possessed men. Or you could say that it was guarding us from the minefield below. Whatever makes the most sense in your mind.
The hill on which Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount (or close to it). I'm not Jesus, just trying.
And Capernaum, where Jesus had the base of his ministry during most of his miraculous time on this earth. He actually had a house here. The old city was pretty cool, but we enjoyed skipping rocks on the sea much more.
We finished that day floating down the Jordan river. No pictures (obviously, it's wet). But this is standing over the Jordan. No metaphors here at all.

Then we have an altar at Dan. This place is GORGEOUS. This is where the springs that feed the Jordan are...and it pumps out a TON of water. It's like a waterfall from the rocks. There are trees and flowers and everythings green. It's amazing.



Dan had an old Canaanite archway...which we werent' supposed to go to. Ooops.


Had a lunch at Tiberius...and we missed watermelon so much that we just bought one, not sure how we would eat it. Ended up breaking it and messily eating. It worked well.



We also visited Mt. Hermon, on which one of it's hills Jesus was transfigured. We chose to climb of the hill with a Crusader fortress on the top of it (two birds, one stone).