Wednesday: The Dead Sea

No trip to the Dead Sea area is complete without some time to float in the Dead Sea. I regret that I have no pictures of this, as I took a nap in the warm sun. (On the other hand, I think many in our group have pictures of me napping.) While it is a great tourist attraction, the Dead Sea is also very important to Israel's economy because of the minerals that are extracted from it. But there is a problem--the level of the Dead Sea is dropping, and without major intervention, it could dry up in 400 years. Muki told us some of the options, including a canal from either the Mediterranean or the Red Sea. But there are no easy answers, and few are likely to look for the difficult answers until there is peace in the region.