Damn! Must schedule my return to that area!

That was my one regret about being over there - not seeing Petra.
I was there for 2 1/2 weeks - I dug on the West Bank, I visited Jerusalem several times, Nazareth, Bethlehem, Garden of Gethesmene, The Temple Mount, The Wailing Wall, The Israel Museum, Herodium, Beit She'an (which I loved), Qumran, Tel Aviv, The Dead Sea, Megiddo, Ein Gedi, Jericho, and a few other places. I went with a Biblical group who does archaeological work to prove the stories in the Bible. We were digging for Ai. It was a great experience all the way around.
Wow!! Aside from Switzerland, I think Israel would be one of the only places I'd consider living outside of the US.
I ate my first falafel there, ate hummus for the first time there. Man, I miss it!!