Dead Sea

The Dead Sea (Arabic: البحر الميت‎  al-Baḥr al-Mayyit (help·info),[4] Hebrew: יָם הַ‏‏מֶּ‏‏לַ‏ח, Yām HamMélaḥ, "Sea of Salt", also Hebrew: יָם הַ‏‏מָּוֶת, Yām HamMā́weṯ, "The Sea of Death"), also called the Salt Sea, is a salt lake bordering Jordan to the east and Israel and the West Bank to the west. Its surface and shores are 423 metres (1,388 ft) below sea level, Earth's lowest elevation on land. The Dead Sea is 377 m (1,237 ft) deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. With 33.7% salinity, it is also one of the world's saltiest bodies of water.  It is 8.6 times saltier than the ocean.  This salinity makes for a harsh environment in which animals cannot flourish, hence its name. The Dead Sea is 55 kilometres (34 mi) long and 18 kilometres (11 mi) wide at its widest point. It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley, and its main tributary is the Jordan River.

Floating in the Dead Sea is a memory I will never forget.  You really do float.  I think we really embarrassed Eddie when we went in because we were screaming like little girls.  We could not help it, it was just so cool. 

We learned that once you lay back and begin to float, it becomes impossible to stand back up.  We put on our suits, went in and changed back into our clothes in about five minutes flat.  It was well worth it!!!!!