Here are a few photo's of Katie's, Michael's & Doug's trip to Israel this past week.

 

Katie discovered with glee that you can float in various positions in the water, she now wants to start a NT Synchro Team. By the way, that's Katie with 1994 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Shimon Peres.

Michael discovered Dead Sea Mud, which he promptly shared with Katie & Doug. Talk about regressing to your childhood years. And no he didn't have sand kicked in his face....

Doug as usual was his adventurous self and found out that you can not swim breaststroke in the Dead Sea... But with the help of swimming goggles and head up freestyle - Dead Sea salt water is not something you want in your eyes or mouth - very painful.  Doug was swimming off to Jordon, much to the dismay of the lifeguard. Who was shouting and waving at him to come back to the shore. Reluctantly, Doug returned wondering without a boat how would the lifeguard would have caught him? Yes that is Doug in the Israel Prime Minister's Office - with a smile like that perhaps there would be peace all the way around in Israel....