Dave is cruel to animals. He brought his dog and our favorite mascot Mooky on the trail with him. By the end of yesterday Mooky was staggering around and trying to stop in every shady area he could find. I’ve never seen a dog be so knocked out at the end of a day. The walk today was pretty easy though, mostly downhill through the Burma Road to Jerusalem.
The Burma Road was a makeshift track built by Israeli forces headed by general Mickey Marcus during the 1948 Siege of Jerusalem, inspired by the WWII route into China. In the opening phases of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the Jordanians surrounded and besieged Jerusalem by closing off the main road with artillery fire.
The citizens of Jerusalem were suffering with attempts to resupply and attempts to provide weapons led to failure. The "Burma Road" was a goat trail quickly widened by bulldozer. This unpaved road provided a new way into Jerusalem that was not blocked by the Jordanians. It was completed on the 10th of June 1948 and broke the siege on Jewish military forces and civil population in Jerusalem.
Kibbutz Tzova was a hiker’s dream. The founder of the Kibbutz was an avid hiker and after his death his son dedicated two new sleeping areas solely for hikers doing the Israel Trail. They had a fantastic supermarket and were unbelievably generous. Someone brought us milk, fresh vegetables, and lemon meringue pie in the evening, making my gluttonous food purchasing spree completely unnecessary. The six of us fell asleep that night within about ten seconds of our heads hitting the pillow, very satisfied and ready to hit Jerusalem for Passover.
-Jeremy
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