Touring day - no riding!

Today was much too hot to ride - temperature hovering around 39-40C!  Rather than struggle in the heat, we opted to sight-see and drive some of the rides I had planned.  We visited  two historical sites with Roman ruins - Zippori and Bet She'an.  Naomi and I have been to these sites before but never spent as much time there as now - most amazing.  You can Google these sites for information.  We ruled out a route I had planned and decided to check out a route around the Kinneret.

We drove directly to Tiberius for dinner at a local restaurant. The food was delicious.  The town is on Lake Kinneret and is 200 metres below sea level.  Driving back to Vered HaGalil in daytime is challenging enough with tight switchbacks and steep climbs ( over 300 metres above sea level).  But driving in the dark was scary.  I planned on doing this climb on bike the next day as I have done it before and was up for the challenge. Anticipating hot weather,  we decided that we would rise really early in the morning (at 5), grab some peanut butter and jam on pita, some yogurt and milk (breakfast isn't ready until 8), drive back to Tiberius and cycle from there around the lake on the western side where the roads are less busy and the terrain fairly flat for a good distance.  At about 35 km, we would return back the way we came and head back to Vered HaGalil so John didn't miss his pancake breakfast.