The Unexpected

I just returned from a two week trip to Israel. My wife and I travelled with a tour group and we were able to see many of the places mentioned in the Bible, along with other cool places throughout Israel and also Jordan. It was very hot throughout and we did a lot of walking at each stop. How much walking you wonder? She logged our walking on her Apple Watch and we walked a total of over 74 miles. Yeah, you read that correctly. Seventy-four miles within a two week period, with very little flat land to enjoy. We seemed to always be going on an upward or downward slope, with a lot of stair steps at many of the different locations. It was a little gruelling, but we really did enjoy every bit of the trip. I made it through feeling really well despite the usual pains, but during the second week I made the mistake of actually looking at the ankle on my "bad leg" from the accident. It had started to hurt at the ankle one afternoon and I checked on it when we returned to the hotel ro...