Masada, Herod the Great's desert fortress was a great hit. A tale of heroism and tragedy, both, for the almost 1000 people who held out against the Roman seige for 3 years.
The Lakeview gang did the snake path, accompanied by a 14 year old boy on the tour.
Then we saw Qumran, the home of the ultra-strict Essene sect and place of the amazing preservation in caves of the Dead Sea scrolls.
