Gan Hashlosha - Sachne, Israel, 07/05/06

A new day in Nahariya! What a great feeling! We headed out to a place called Sachne in Arabic or Gan HaShlosha in Hebrew. Gan HaShlosha, situated at the foot of Mt. Gilboa where King Saul died, means Garden of the Three. The name is in memory of three men that were killed in 1938 stepping on a mine, while guarding the area. There are natural springs with beautiful waterfalls and stone bridges.

We drove passed Akko, Nazareth Illit (Upper Nazareth – Israeli, Nazareth and Afula. This is a town where G-d appeared to Miriam and told her she was going to be the mother of the Messiah. That’s where one of my life verse was first quoted, “blessed are thou among all women.” The majority of the population of Nazareth used to be Christian, but now it’s Muslim. It is situated in the mountains as well, so we had to drive through the curvy roads, up to the city and then down. Poor Diana was getting a little dizzy.

I was at Gan HaShlosha last year, but it was so quick, I didn’t enjoy it as much as I could have. Carlos and I started a fire for a barbeque. Diana had seasoned the beef and the chicken. So we put it in the fire along with some corn. With Diana’s Israeli touch, everything was delicious! There were many groups of children boy scouts style constantly singing and chanting. Little Tamar was loving every minute of every second of the food and the water. Yes! We were able to get into the warm water and enjoy it for a while.

We took another road back to Nahariya to avoid the Nazareth traffic. We bought some ice popsicles at a gas station by Megiddo and the luscious Valley of Jezreel. Everything was simply Awesome.