You Might Not Recognize Me

My trip to Israel must have taken its toll on me. Maybe it was the jet lag. Or the trip to the Dead Sea. Or prospect of the 70 yr. old Arab man who just got out of prison that someone there was trying to set me up with while I was there. Anyway, I was at the Goodwill last weekend and I found something I wanted so I went up to the counter to pay for it and the cashier asked me if I was a senior citizen.

Erez Golan and the Golan Heights

Here is a photo of my friend, Erez Golan, in front of the Golan Heights. We were at the Sea of Galilee where Jesus walked on water. I tried it but it didn't work though I did run into a rock when I was swimming and got up on top of it and I think I tricked my friend for a second. But he is Jewish and they all believe that Jesus just knew where all the rocks were. I would almost believe it if someone told me that Jesus walked on the water at the Dead Sea. You couldn't sink there if you wanted to.

Black at the Dead Sea

While I was in Israel my friends took me to the Dead Sea. The water is so salty that no organisms can live in it. Hence the name. You can get in the Dead Sea but you can't swim in it. If you try to swim you just flip over onto your back. You just sit there like you are in an inner tube but there is no inner tube. You don't even have to tread water. When you make the trip there it is traditional to smear black mud from the shore all over your body and let it dry before you wash it off. Basically a body mud mask. Just after I washed the mud off of me an Arab boy threw some rocks then stuck his tongue out at me. Maybe I should have left it on.