Day 2 in Jerusalem

After driving around to see the gates of the city, we visited the high priest's house where Jesus was questioned and Peter denied knowing him. Charles and Edith swear that they really heard a rooster crow while we were there. Charlene heard only a horse and David heard only a dog so is there a spiritual lesson there?


We drove toward Bethlehem but the police had the road blocked so we didn't get close. We didn't know what was going on but we can take a hint. We went to another place where we could overlook the Bethlehem shepherds' fields.

We visited the Israel Museum where the Dead Sea scrolls are stored and displayed. David was really impressed with the outdoor scale model (1/50) of Jerusalem with Temple in the time of Jesus.

When we came back to our rooms for a couple of hours, David went to the historic YMCA across the street from the King David Hotel to workout (bought a weeks' membership) the Mundys rested and Edith walked to the Old City alone to shop and explore. It took her only 6 minutes to walk back to our rooms. We are directly behind the King David Hotel but down 250 stone steps so it doesn't take long to get there either.

Late afternoon we drove out of Jerusalem into the wilderness toward Jericho. We rode camels down the hill to a big tent where we had a delicious meal while watching the light disappear over the wilderness hills. When it got dark we could clearly see the lights on the Allenby Bridge at the border into Jordan and lights of villages of Jordan.

When we got back the Bushes walked back to Jaffa Gate to explore some more. It didn't take them long to get comfortable here.