The Dead Sea: The End of The Journey

The Dead Sea is our final stop before heading to the airport in Amman. It is mid afternoon when we arrive at the resort hotel, at the edge of the Dead Sea. An elaborate buffet luncheon is waiting for us, but the Dead Sea also beacons so we must divide our time between eating and swimming. We walk down the steep incline to the beach but there is so little time to swim, that I decide not to take the plunge. I don't want to be sticky and salty for the next many hours on the plane trip back home. Stephanie is more adventurous and takes a 5 minute dip. Those in our group who do go into the water, float, bob and laugh, in the flotsam and jetsam of the sea. The high salinity makes it impossible to sink.

There is no time for showers and the bus will not wait since we all fly back home tonight. The various flights leave at different times, but we must arrive at the airport in time for the first of the departures.

We have had an early start and a long day and Stephanie and I will have a 6 hour wait in the Amman airport before boarding our plane to Paris. In Paris, we will have a 5 hour lay over. The flight between Paris and San Francisco is 13 hours. As marvelous as our adventure has been, arriving back home and having Art there to greet us is the best.

Thank you Art, for indulging my adventurous spirit and taking care of business in my absence.

The Dead Sea Beach

Flotsam and Jetsam at the edge of the Dead Sea

Marty at the edge of the Dead Sea

Sunbathers - Dead Sea

Stephanie - Dead Sea

There is no time for showers and the bus will not wait since we all fly back home tonight. The various flights leave at different times, but we must arrive at the airport in time for the first of the departures.

We have had an early start and a long day and Stephanie and I will have a 6 hour wait in the Amman airport before boarding our plane to Paris. In Paris, we will have a 5 hour lay over. The flight between Paris and San Francisco is 13 hours. As marvelous as our adventure has been, arriving back home and having Art there to greet us is the best.

Thank you Art, for indulging my adventurous spirit and taking care of business in my absence.