Mountain Biking

On friday after 14 miles on the road, we got the opportunity to go off road in Ein Akev. It was a totally different experience than the Wissahickon as we were confronted with sand and rocks from a river bed. An ibec was perched on the ridge as we went up and down various hills toward an ice cold spring which was our reward at the end of this journey. After a swim, we hopped back on our mountain bikes for lunch and in order to beat the lunch crowd three of us rode up the switch back to beat the bus up the hill. I regreted that decision later in the afternoon as my legs started to fatigue. We rode with Gil a former officer in the Israeli army who oversaw security at Ben Gurion's burial at Ein Akev and showed us where he placed the sharpshooters on the cliffs for the ceremony. Gil is now a chemistry professor at Hebrew University. Gil then lead us up the hills to Mitze Ramon. For the day, we totalled 10 miles of moutain biking and about 33 miles on the road. I was definitely tired and sore upon our arrival.