Timna Park was pretty remarkable – we spent most of the day here after checking out of our hostel. It has a great history of copper mining & quite a few remaining hieroglyphs, one a cartouche of Rameses III laying claim to the area. It was about 104 degrees.
They had a life-size replica of the tabernacle, which was really interesting.
On the 4-hour drive to Jerusalem we saw lots of date farming
interesting landscapes
a magnesium factory on the Dead Sea
And while driving through what was once Sodom, we saw a sign for “Lot’s Wife”, so we pulled in.
This is her: 🙂
The cave under her was mostly made of salt.
We arrived in Jerusalem at about 8PM. Our apartment is on a street that is rail & foot traffic only – thank God for WAZE, it got us one block away where we found a parking place. Getting in to our place on Shabbot was a small adventure, but eventually we figured it all out & tucked in safely for the night. This place is super well-equipped complete with a washing machine and dryer. Yay!