Had a lovely hike today in the Judean hills about 1/2 hour west of here. The hills are in bloom now with small red poppies and pink and white almond trees. The hillsides are terraced by crumbling stone walls into small plots to retain rainwater for the almonds. We saw a couple of stone crusader forts, and a spring, and a wine press--essentially a sunken stone pit tiled to retain the juice as peasants trampled the grapes.
Weather was hot, in the 80s, and dry. I had only 1 liter of water, so I had to beg some from someone else.
Because we were past the 67 border we had an armed guard with us. Hike took about 5 hours over low hills, and it really made me miss Seattle.
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