Cheers

Leaving the desert behind and working my way towards Jerusalem. Unfortunately I had to say goodbye to one of my traveling companions in Arad as he had something come up; a bit of a bummer that. The desert was beautiful but not  needing to worry about having enough water is also beautiful in a sense. I'm chilling in a Kibbutz right now near Arad, it's very green here and the spring flowers are beginning to bloom: It's absolutely stunning and a complete 180° from just a couple days ago.

Our campsite, inside a concrete shell of some forgotten structure. There's something poetic about seting up a tent inside an abandoned building.

Dead Sea minerals conveyer, pretty cool. 

View from inside my tent, last night in the desert. 

Big ol footprint, despite what a local guide told us, I think it's a hyena, it's just too big to be a wolf.

Took a different route from the Israel Trail on the advice of our trail angel. I'm glad we did because Nahal Kina was amazing. 

Semi-dry waterfall at the end of Nahal Kina. Decent swimming hole I've heard, second hand.  Also it's really cold.

Muza in Arad: Awesome bar and grill. If you go to Arad, eat here. 

Like I said, the flowers were blooming.

Sweet view from the top of Mount Amasa.

Cheers Chaim, best of luck to yah! Glad we could hike the desert!