We hope the snow was not so bad. Here we are enjoying some beautiful weather and it is 75 degrees. We are wearing hats and drinking lots of water. We began our day with a hike at Gamla. This was actually more of a walk than a hike. As we walked we enjoyed the beautiful view.
Gamla is the perfect place to bird watch. It is a popular place to see the griffin vulture, which is actually called a nesher. We actually misinterpret the nesher as an eagle. Unfortunately, there were no birds out today, but we did see a cool waterfall.
As we continued our hike, we came to a beautiful edge that overlooked the city of Gamla. Gamla got its name from a gamal, camel. The mountain top literally looks like the hump of a camel.
This city was a busy place during the 2nd temple era. Gamla was also home to many Zealots who encouraged the people to rebel against Rome. About 4 years before the 2nd Temple was destroyed the Romans came and attempted to conquer it. It took the Romans three tries and unfortunately many people died in Gamla. In the distance we could see the ancient synagogue.
Yael Neffinger wrote...