Caleb opens a birthday gift from his friends.

Troy and Shelsy use all of their study tools at Hazor.

We saw another Solomonic gate...

Cory.

The remains of the Canaanite temple.

Savannah stands next to basalt bricks used in the temple.

Randy and John T at the door of a 4-room house.

Metulla is the northern-most city in Israel.

Randy stopped to buy us a treat, unfortunately McDonald's was closed.

The altar at Dan was built during the Divided Kingdom.

The high place was built by Jeroboam, king of Israel.

Deborah, John G, and Jared in trenches from the Six-Day War in 1967.

Troy with Lebanon and Syria in the background.

Tiffany and Lacey.

The 5,000 year old mud-brick gate at Dan.

The "Seat of Moses" inside the Dan city gate.

What must it have been like by the city gate?

We had a picnic lunch beside the Dan River.

It started to rain at Caesarea Philippi, but that didn't stop IBEX.

The Banias River is one of the main tributaries of the Jordan River.

A "fun stop" was at Birkat Ram, a lake made by volcanoes.

We also had pita with leboneh, zatar, and olive oil, toasted on the grill.

Waiting for the treat to be ready.

Looking into Syria.

These guys went swimming despite the cold!

The sunset was beautiful.