This morning I got up fairly early and had a good walk and work-out. On the way back, I snapped a couple of pictures of Nakhal Shakhamon after yesterday's big thunderstorm. You can see them here on my old blog.
We decided to drive to the high desert near Mitzpe Ramon today. We went on the road that goes from highway 40 west toward the Egyptian border. We had been on this road before (almost all the way to the border), and I remembered that there was a sign about a cistern along the road. So we decided to stop there and visit it. The walk was short and mostly fairly smooth, so I helped David walk out to where I could see the cistern itself. Then I parked him on a rock ledge and explored areas that would be too dangerous or difficult for him to navigate.
The signs only told me the name of the cistern, בור חמת Bor Khemet ("Hemet Cistern"), but I presume it was built by the Nabateans, meaning that it is at least 1500 years old, and likely much older. I posted a picture of it in another post on my old blog, which you can see by clicking here.
We stopped at Ice Park & Mall and ate at Greg when we returned to Eilat. Then we came home and talked to David sister in Ohio for a while.
Later in the evening, I posted another of my mom's letters to her parents, which happened to be written exactly 61 years ago today! It's quite long and tells of her recent trip to Oregon (actually only the last part of the return trip), including mentions of a lot of relatives and other people whom I had met. You can read it by clicking here.
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