Trip to Monfort

Today was a beautiful day here in Israel, so we decided to take a little trip to Monfort, a crusader castle in the western part of the Galil.

I took LOTS of pictures, so I thought I'd share a few of the best ones with you here.

First, a little overview of the scene. In this picture, you can see the ruins of Monfort in the lower left corner. The cliff on the right side of the picture is where Park Goren is located, on the opposite side of the nakhal (deep valley with a stream). In the distance, you can barely see the blue of the Mediterranean Sea. In the upper right is Rosh HaNikra, the extreme northwest corner of Israel.

Here's an overview of the ruin of Monfort itself.

In this view, you can see two huge arches on the left which support a platform above. You can see a couple of people standing there on the top. On the right side of the picture is a tower.

This picture is looking almost the opposite direction of the one above. In this one, you can see the edge of the tower on the left and the arches supporting the platform, which is in the middle.

Here's what it looks like up on the platform, on top of those huge arches. On the left, you can again see the cliffs of Park Goren, and on the right you can see the remains of a huge pillar or tower.

In my next post, I'll show you pictures of some of the gorgeous flowers that I saw all along the trail.