Ramon Crater Mizpe Ramon

We left Eliat today for our trip north. On the way we did a jeep tour of the Ramon Crater. Basically a mountain that has been eroded away so only the sides remain so it looks sort of like a crater. It was interesting to learn about and view and fun to ride around in a jeep.

We stopped also at another ruin call Avdat, which is an old city …

... it's really a straight shot up 90. But we decided to make it more interesting and go through the Negev to Machtesh Ramon, aka The Ramon Crater. When Rich first described this to me, I just assume he meant a meteorite crater. I pretty much eliminated the ...

... come out of an elevated pass to be greeted by an expansive vista of a vast valley. This is the lip of the Machtesh Ramon (Ramon Crater), one of the largest such features in the world. Again, a view that's hard to describe. Hopefully the link and pictures ...

... on the outskirts of this once development town before of tour of Makhtesh Ramon in 4x4 vehicles.  40 by 9 kilometers, the Ramon Crater could be reminiscent of the Grand Canyon.  Makhtesh is the Hebrew for mortar like a pharmacist uses.  ...

... dinner, we all went to the top of the Ramon Crater near Camel Mountain to worship and pray as the sun set.  The Ramon Crater was spectacular!  It is a completely natural crater, and it is called the Grand Canyon of Israel.  The wind was ...