Israel Trail Days 13 and 14
June 9 and 10, 2013
Isfiya (Mt Carmel) to Hof Hacarmel Forest
Wikiloc Maps:
Total Mileage these segments: 17 (27 km)
Total Mileage since the start at Tel Dan: 162 (262 km)
These two days are the start of a new “major segment.” Leaving Mt Carmel near Haifa, my next major “goal” is Tel Aviv, which I hope to reach by the High Holidays. My progress on these two days was less than I had planned — both days the trails were significantly rockier than usual, so even though it wasn’t highly strenuous in terms of steep hills (although there were a few) the pace was relatively slow because it’s hard to go fast over very uneven terrain.
Ein Hod was a great place to stop for the night. Charming little artist’s village with a great brew pub/pizza place. Just what I needed to “carb load” in the middle of a couple of days on the trail.
The prehistoric caves at Nahal Me’arot were an unexpected find. Definitely want to go back there sometime with the kids, I think they would find it interesting and educational.
“Day 13: http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=4640407 Day 14: http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=4646833”
From Israel Trail Days 13 and 14 Isfiya to Ofer Forest. Posted by Barry Leff on 6/11/2013 (110 items)
- At the start of my 13th day on the Israel Trail, at the Druze village of Isfiya at th…
- You can see the burnt out trees from the big fire in 2010.
- The trail goes straight down that ravine.
- Not often you find handrails on a trail miles from anywhere.
- The tower at the Tecnion, Haifa, in the distance.
- That’s Beit Oren, a kibbutz that suffered damage during the fire.
- Road 721
- These are the worst stickers — poked right through my pants.,
- Yes, that’s pretty much straight down.
- The trail does go straight up the cliff. Needless to say, the pace through this stuff…
- Finally a good clear view of the Mediterranean
- Was glad to make it to Ein Hod — a relatively difficult 8 miles
- "Welcome to Artist’s Village Ein Hod, established 1953." http://en.wikiped…
- My reward for finishing 14 rugged km on the Israel Trail.
- Danny is really a trip. The funkiest brew pub anywhere. With the best pizza and the…
- Danny has a very distinguished looking cat.
- I ended up sampling four of Danny’s beers … all good!
- His somewhat improvised pizza oven cranks out a first rate pizza.
- Danny’s offer: if it’s not the best pizza we ever had, it’s free. We agreed it was t…
- The B&B we stayed at. Lots of B&Bs in Ein Hod
- I’m sure one of my native friends can tell me the name of the actor…
- Start of Day 14 on the Israel Trail, leaving Ein Hod.
- Loved this: the trail marker BEHIND the danger firing area sign. I didn’t hear any g…
- That hill is covered in cactus
- The trail goes right through the cactus (sabra). CAREFUL…
- Entry to Nahal Me’arot. The caves are well worth a visit.
- These caves were inhabited by humans for hundreds of thousands of years. Some import…
- Who came up with "Mousterian" as the name for a culture?
- This is at the base of the Ofer Observation Tower. http://www.kkl.org.il/eng/tourism-…
- Great views from the Ofer Forest.
- Monument to a helicopter pilot who got killed in a crash in 1988. Israelis are big o…
- At the end of Day 14’s hike. Like yesterday, the terrain was more rugged than anticip…
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