It’s kind of cool to escape the crowds in the center and north of the country. The whole place seems to be engulfed in barbecue smoke. In stark contrast, the Negev roads are empty, and we even had the whole crater to ourselves.
I’ve been fortunate to travel around the globe and have seen some beautiful spots. The Small Crater is one of my favorites. As opposed to the Large Crater and the Ramon Crater, no roads go through it. It’s clean, untouched. It’s almost a perfect circle. Nature at its best.
It was nice to just take it all in.
It was nice, because this Independence day I wasn’t in a celebrative mood. I wasn’t happy that after 63 years of statehood, 44 of them were spent occupying another people.
So yeah, we’re Start-up nation. Big deal.
We have the best air-force in the world. Hurrah.
We’re top notch in medical research. Yippee.
We can make the desert green. Wow.
It all means nothing when you’ve done it while putting your heel on someone else’s neck.
So yeah, it’s nice to look at a wonder that was here way before all this crap started.
After the Small Crater, we went to the colored sands in the Large Crater.
OK, after the desert we did eventually have some meat.
Happy Independence Day, yada yada yada.