Visiting the remains of a 2000 year old boat from Jesus day

The excitement builds

The foam style they used to get the boat out of the lake so it wouldnot turn to powder.

It took ten years of soaking in special solutions to achieve this

We board a similar but slightly larger vessel from Jesus day for our boat trip

Getting ready to celebrate Mass. The captain provided a special cloth but things were not going to be easy with the choppy seas ahead.

Our reader and preacher

The area where the disciples would have washed their nets

Tabgha from the lake side

The hill where Jesus delivered the beatitudes

Marilyn in a wonderful gesture of placing some of her husband Denis's ashes in the lake. He was a great fishermen and seemed appropriate