I arrived the night before at the campground next to Moshav Meron ("hapitul"). The campground is close to the grave of the Rashbi (Shimon Bar Yochai), and I was woken up a few times from the shouting during the night. I set off early towards Har (Mount) Meron.
The day started with a significant climb, I paused to take a photo of the sunrise over nearby Tzfat.
I walked past what is supposed to be the grave of the rabbi Shammai
I took advantage of the relatively cool morning to get most of the uphill hiking done before the heat of the middle of the day
The path passes by Elijah's chair
There was an impressive oak tree in Ein Zeved
The trail went past a memorial to the 44 people who died in the 2010 Carmel forest fires (in Rehovot we have a bridge called the "44 bridge")
The views from (nearly) the top of Har Meron were great and a preview of the rest of the days hiking
I passed another campground where there were some impressive arched roofs (Hirbat Hamama)
The path continued on to Nahal Ziv'on, which was dry but still quite scenic.
I took a break at a spring where Nahal Dishon and Nahal Gush Halav meet (Ein Halav = Halav spring)
The path followed the Dishon river (which was also mostly dry) - there was a small spring (Aravot spring) after crossing under the road (but with the water coming from a pipe!)
Along the way there was an enormous number of ripe blackberries, which I enjoyed eating
The path followed Nahal Dishon for the rest of the day
While there was an enormous quantity of blackberries, there was no water at the Aviv spring (Ein Aviv), I guess someone needs to turn on the water.
I passed this structure on the way, not sure what it is
I stopped for the day at Alma bridge near Dishon, a few other people also camped there (just outside the national park boundary)
We were there just in time to watch the moon rise over the hills
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