A test run

Yesterday we were supposed to take a family tiyul / hike on a Roman road that parallels a modern road near where we live. However, Ariella was working (she has a part time job at the Jerusalem zoo) and Yonah was under the weather, so Zahava magnanimously agreed to stay home with the little guy so Gilad and I could do something together.

That something was a ride on the scooter almost to the Lebanese border (Hurshat Tal, near Kiryat Shmoneh). This was only a 500 km round trip, so it was a nice test run for my big 1600 km in 24 hours ride in June. But if my butt is going to be more than three times as sore as it was this morning, I'm in big trouble.

When we got there Gilad and I had a nice BBQ with some old friends from Hashmona'im. But as great as it was to eat grilled meat with close friends, for me the highlight of the day was enjoying the kind of exciting closeness that can only be achieved when traveling together the length of this beautiful country on a sunny spring day... on two wheels.