Shvil Israel Day 0.5-1
Starting km: 0.0
Finishing km: 20
Distance walked: 20km
Overall not the most remarkable start. Almost all of the walking on the first, 12km stage was on roads (or roads under construction).
Right near the end was a pretty interesting/beautiful spot: an Israeli war memorial and cemetery overlooking the Golan Heights.
Figured I'd have time to press on a bit further before dark and knock three stages into two. Carried on through a national forest, again. mostly on road but with some nice mountain bike tracks to follow too.
More lovely views of the Golan heights across the valley and the towns down in the valley between me and them. Nice look at Mt. Meron above and ahead as well.
Was correct about my pace and the daylight, but just. Arrived at the "Geological Campsite" ten minutes after official sunset. Saw a couple of foxes (jackals?) just before and just after arriving. It was a windy evening, so I found a nice campsite in the lee of a huge boulder.
Got the tent set up sans fly while eating chocolate then settled down to write this, drink some water and eat my first hummus in Israel for dinner (packaged, store bought stuff, but man I was hungry, and you've gotta start somewhere!)
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