Swimming in three seas

Friends, I'm sorry the blogging has been so spotty the last few weeks; I've been doing a whole bunch of traveling around the area, and I'm trying to catch up a bit. 

Here's a post I owe you about swimming in some pretty sweet places -- the Sea of Galilee, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Dead Sea. 

The Sea of Galilee was really beautiful. It reminded me most of Lake Michigan, though warmer of course. I can see why Jesus, who could pick anywhere in the world, would choose to hang out there. We also had a fun time trying to find a place to swim. Good thing one of us is bold enough to just jump off a pier.

The Mediterranean was as beautiful as I could guess and we had a bit more of a beach time there. Lovely:

Probably the most fun though was swimming in the Dead Sea. Of course I knew that it was so salty, and that you could float easier, but that defined the whole experience.  It honestly kind of felt like swimming in a giant lake of jelly. It was also very painful when someone I was with got some in the eye, so make that a giant lake of poisonous jelly. And actually, the mud from the Dead Sea is supposed to be great for your skin. We tried it, and it was! So, I'll leave you with  a picture of me floating (you can't do anything else!) in a giant lake of skin-nourishing, poisonous jelly :).