Campout

We arrived at the Negev desert late in the afternoon, which in all its glory was yellow and dusty. We quickly set up shop cutting potatoes, onions, fresh vegetables and meat and mixing an abundance of spices for poyke, a slow cooked Israeli stew which was delicious and filling. When, by chance, I looked up at 7:30, stars had already begun to appear and by 8pm the sky had opened up to the most gorgeous astrological landscape I have ever seen. 

Amongst other things, Venus, the Big Dipper and an arm of the Milky Way were visible in the night sky. Our evening ended with (Kosher) S'mores, star-gazing and horror stories. We awoke bright and early at 6 so that we could start our hike before the heat. We were greeted with a very large scorpion and a breakfast smorgasbord that, of all things included peanut butter and toast. Despite the need for nature-peeing, my night under the stars in the Negev was fun, enjoyable and most definitely memorable.

-Michaela