Capernum! We made it. After dinner last night, we treked down the slope and began walking the road to Arbel at the base of Mount Arbel. A car sped past and Matt took the chance to give the hitch-hiker sign. The car screeched to a stop as we joined a young man heading our direction. If this was how easy it was to hitch-hike we were bound to try it again.
After finding the trail again in Arbel we began the long ascent. At the top, we camped near the gate of the national park.
The final trek to the lookout in the morning was absolutely stunning. We had not yet seen the Sea of Galilee in its daylight beauty. A winding path down the northeastern face led us past cows, some of which didn't care to get out of our way on the trail. When we reached the main highway along Galilee, we decided to try the hitch-hiking tactic again. Sure enough, within minutes we were taking the easy road to a city just outside of Capernum. After visiting the traditional place of the feeding of the five thousand, we finished the trek to Capernum. One elderly gentlemen looked at my Wheaton shirt and introduced himself as a Wheaton grad. We made a few connections and
thought it quite exciting to meet such fellow Wheaties in such a place. Only minutes later, I spotted another Wheaton shirt and we met two more recent graduates. A few minutes of conversation seemed to be the extent of our meeting until they were the ones to respond to our hitch-hiker thumb just a bit out of the old city. They said they were on their way to the Mount of Beatitudes and we had no reason not to join. A quick tour together and a picture (hopefully for the alumni magazine) were in order. I can picture the subtitle now: "Wheaton students meet Wheaton graduates in Capernum."
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