Because of a bit of rain last night, we fed the cats indoors and let them stay in for the night. In fact, they were so well-behaved that we've decided to continue this tradition indefinitely, even without any threat of rain. Both of us slept well and woke up at a good time.
Today was the day for another trip to the dentist at Asuta Hospital in Tel Aviv. David's dental work there is now almost done -- we have to go one more time.
We were a bit worried about the rain today, because we know that some of the streams that cross the roads can flood and prevent passage, possibly on BOTH of the routes that we could take. I decided that highway 40 was probably a better bet, and, indeed, we encountered no water on the road at all going up that way, including נחל פארן Nakhal Paran, which was the one that concerned me the most. Even coming back, highway 40 was fine, even though it was raining. However, we DID cross several streams flowing across the 4-lane highway 90 between Yotvata and here. None presented any serious problem, but I DID slow down considerably to cross them. On the way back, we saw several beautiful rainbows on and off from Mitzpe Ramon to the south end of the "Rafael Valley" (that's what I call it -- I don't know if it even HAS an official name).
After we returned home, we read the news that terrorists had bombed a bus of Korean tourists at Taba as it was waiting to cross the border into Eilat from Egypt. Four of the Koreans, as well as their Egyptian bus driver, were killed, and many others were injured. We have driven down near that border crossing many times (although we have never crossed into Egypt). I think we will NOT be traveling to Egypt any time soon, either.
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