Dead Sea & Masada

I was able to go to the Dead Sea and Masada today! For 235 shekels cheaper than the tour would have been. This morning at breakfast I saw this lady from Jamaica I had spoken to a few times, and she asked how things were. I mentioned that I was bummed about the trip cancellation. It turned out that she and 5 others staying here had hired a taxi for the whole day to go to Masada, the Dead Sea, and Qumran. It was a great day. The Dead Sea is awesome. One floats exactly like the pictures show, but the water really can burn. I am glad things worked out as they did. I did, however, skip church to go. My bad.