Judean Wilderness, Jordan River

Day 8- Saturday May 31. This is also called the Mt. of Temptation We now travel about 20 mintues on the bus and come to a ancient site on the Jordan river that has been devloped by the Jeswish has a christian the baptised here.and my or may not be the place but it is a realistic type of site. Beging a couple of miles from Jordan river where he was baptized .
The monastery has housed monks for abnout 1400 years. From up here we can see the Jordan Valley, the Dead Sea, Jericho, amd in the hase Mt. Mebo to the east.

We are told this is the place where Jesus was tempted by the Davel for 40 days & he was told he could have evertthing in his sight. as you look out over the country it is pretty dry and hot, and I'm not sure I would want it, but our host told us in Jesus's day,the whole area was a thriving trade area . Anyway right now they have a monistary up here for visitors & a place to eat, and they have people trying to sell us something . Now this is a very deleste county but our guide told s in the days of Jesus it was a very flurshing busy place. with farms and trees but with the changes over the years it is now desert. It is dry, rocky, and no vegetation. We can look down from here and see some of the old water irigation system.