Today -- Monday June 20th 2022 -- we went hiking in The Nahal Kaziv and Monfort Fortress trail. In Hebrew, נחל כזיב ומבצר מונפורט. After a long hike, we encountered 4 small animals who refused to clear a path for us. What are they???
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They laid on the rocks and glared at us. The one in the front was particularly bold.
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The Nahal Kaziv (נחל כזיב ומבצר מונפורט) and Monfort Fortress trail is one of the most beautiful hiking trails in Israel. There is Nahal Kaziv which is a flowing river at the bottom. We unforunately did not reach that far. We did see the Crusader fort, which was so impressive and brought back all sorts of historical memories.
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