Long Time, No See

Segment 25 – Mitzpeh Mesuah to Beit Guvrin *  

I decided to take advantage of a free-of-orienteering Saturday, mild late-winter weather, and a trail segment close to home. I gathered Yuval and a few dear friends from the neighborhood, and quickly organized an easy hike on the Israel Trail, after a very l-o-o-o-n-g time away.

We started at the Masuah look-out.

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Cindy is always happy to hike with me and likes to remind me that I don’t take her out often enough.

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The wildflowers are in abundance at this time of year.

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Walking and talking. No need for much navigation.

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Awesome vistas.

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We were just seven.

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More vistas.

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The guys got lazy, and persuaded us gals to shortcut our way back to the cars. So instead of crossing over the road and following the trail (along the hills behind us in the photo), we took a more direct route.

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Hotdogs and beer at the Srigim Beer brewery and restaurant.

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Thanks guys, it was lots of fun!


See the complete set of today’s photos  on my Flickr site.