First of all, I'm sorry I've been so lazy about posting lately. I've had lots of people asking about when the next post is...so here we go!

Today the army gave us (the people of my base) what is called a "fun day." This means we get to (actually, we are required to...it is the army, after all) come to our base as usual, but then get taken via buses to whatever they have deemed "fun" for the day. So they decided that it would be fun to go to a water park...and they were effing 100% spot-on right. I took as many pics as I could, but for most of the day I was too busy actually having the fun to take pictures of myself/surroundings. Anyhow, the place we went was a water park called "Luna Wave" (I'm only translating the "wave" part) which is located very close to the lovely Kineret (aka The Sea of Galilee).


Speaking of the Kineret/Sea of Galilee, here is a pic I took of it. Gives you an idea of about how big it is. Not the greatest pic, but I was in a bus at the time.


This is the view at the entrance to the park. It is actually a TON bigger than this, but I didn't bring my camera to every part. I was reduced to being an excited little kid when it came to the water slides. Totally cool.


So we are all in the army (in Golani, even!), so wherever we go, our guns go. The thing is, when you are having a good time at a water park you don't wanna always havta be concerned with your M-16...but what is the solution? As you can see, we put them all in a big-ass pile and just take turns guarding the pile. So when it was my turn to guard the pile I was in my uniform again (I had to leave a bit early, so needed to be in my uniform to travel out of the park) when this nice "mom-aged" lady brings me a cup lemonade and tells me how much respect she has for me and everyone in my unit. A little bit after that two more "mom-aged" ladies came over and asked if they could take their picture with me while I was guarding the pile of guns. After they took turns taking their pics with me they told me what a great thing I'm doing for my country and what not (I also got a discount at the hardware store the other day because I was still in my uniform). Being in Golani rocks.


After I finished guarding the guns (only 10 min. shifts) I knew it was time to eat, so I made my way to the place we were all gonna eat, only to find that it was awards time! They were giving out awards for the best soldiers in each unit in the base. I forget what this girl got her award for, but I figured my male readers would dig it nonetheless. Oh, the joys of the Israeli Army.


So after I ate, we went up to the main road leading out of the park so we could catch a ride back to Haifa. My friend Eliad (pictured) also had to leave early to get back to Haifa, so we went together. When we got to the main road, we found two typically-cute israeli girls wanting to find a ride in the same direction. One of the girls tried flagging down cars with the "I'm a little teapot..." method, while Eliad took a more traditional approach. The girl's bait worked, as she found someone to give her (and her cute friend) a ride, while we waited an extra 20 minutes for the bus. Typical.


After that I came home; did some other stuff; then sat down at the computer and edited the pictures I took for your reading pleasure.

I'll try not to take so much time until my next post!