This blog documents the trials and tribulations of our adventure here, keeping track of what goes on in the life of Scott, Pali, Sabbia, myself, and especially, Makai.
For the day before Father's Day, Jana made me 6 fried chicken drumsticks. For Father's Day, Makai traded a photo with the waiter for a free tuna tartar appetizer for Daddy and free ice cream for himself at Manta Ray.
Anyways...Below is not a card for me but for Santa. Makai is really into Santa right now. As in he's making Santa a card
and toys for Santa's stocking. Did you all know Santa's
favorite colors are purple and pink?
We spent the past weekend in Ma'ale Golan for Scott's birthday. We arrived on Thursday afternoon the 7th of June. For dinner we headed to a restaurant which specializes in smoked food. We didn't find the food all the great. On the drive back to the cabin, up the mountain, ~ 8:45 pm, I notice a big object in the sky. It looks like its falling at a pretty rapid pace. I think to myself, wow, that's too big to be a shooting star. In the calmest voice I could muster, I have a 3 year old in the car which I didn't want to scare, I say honey, what's that in the sky? He says.... "hmmm... I noticed that too. I'm not sure." For some reason, I felt relieved.
I then remembered what David, the psychic, told Scott on my mom's 70th birthday---that he would encounter a UFO near a body of water. I replied with "maybe it's the UFO you're suppose to see! Oh wait, you're not near a body of water." Scott says, "What do you mean? The Sea of Galilee is right behind us." At this point I had stopped the car and pulled over to the side of the road. Makai was sitting in the back seat singing. Scott had gotten out of the car to try to capture the moment on film.
What started off looking like a meteor falling, began to make a cone like shape with smoke trailing behind. It then stops for a second and spins into a spiral. Scott gets into the car and says "I think that was a rocket. Meteors shouldn't spiral like that."
I think in my head, no, it has to be a UFO, the bomb sirens haven't gone off. Makai hears the word "rocket" and wants out of his car seat. A guy in an SUV pulls up next to us, since this whole experience its the first car on the road which we have seen, and asks if everything is OK and if we need help. I am thinking dude, did you totally miss the light show?
Here's a YouTube video. It's a bit out of sequence from what we saw. The spiraling at the beginning of the video was last.
Here's an article which was featured in haaretz paper the next morning.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/watch-israelis-report-seeing-unidentified-flying-object-glowing-in-the-sky-1.435106
I've determined that I can effectively work at the beach. By finding a nice spot next to the rocks, the shade is sufficient to allow me to still see my laptop screen in the morning hours. And I can extend this into the afternoon with the proper placement of my yellow J&B umbrella. Working can be quite hard sometimes.
