Friday morning at 8am on the dot (or perhaps a little after the dot) the five adventures were on their way, continuing north along the coast. They knew where they were going but not how to get there. Turning in search of information they suddenly saw the object of their desire: the Baha'i gardens, in all their manicured glory. It turns out that the five adventurers have mad luck like that. It also turns out that only a couple levels of the gardens are open to tourists not on a tour, so the five adventurers only managed a view at the bottom...
...and from the top.
Perhaps it as just as well. Worn out from their adventures the previous night, the five stalwart companions were in no shape to climb thousands of stairs that morning.
Instead, they continued in their journey northward. Once, they encountered and Israeli Napoleon, who fortunately allowed them to pass unchallenged. However, he did charge them to go to Acco and to conquer where he had failed. They did.
With the city firmly beneath their feet, the ravenous friends set out in search of sustenance. Adventurer #1 followed his nose to the falafel, which was quickly consumed.
Filled and happy they continued their exploration of this newly conquered city. Tyranny was not their objective, but before their benevolence was known some of the natives jumped off the city walls into the Mediterranean in an attempt to escape.
Fortunately no lives were lost and the natives soon returned to the city, basking in the favor of their new rulers.
However, like Alexander the Great, the army of five felt the need for new challenges, new land to conquer, and so they move onward, heading west and north into the hills in search of a rumored stronghold in the land: the Crusader Castle Montfort. Riding swiftly (i.e. trudging) they crested a ridge and paused to enjoy the breath-taking view and to form their plan of attack.
The castle was deserted, but as they began to wend their way through the trees and overgrown shrubs and rocky passages they began to wonder if they had somehow made their way through a wardrobe door and arrived at Cair Paravel.
Meanwhile, however, a battalion of orcs (*scream*)
arrived at the castle and attacked the adventurers five. The orcs were soon vanquished, but in the battle the five were separated, thus accounting for the difficulty they had in all arriving at the vehicle at the same time.
Leaving Cair Paravel behind they traveled through Archenland and the most magnificent mountain and valley view any of them had seen in this country, and so they left Narnia behind.
That night they encamped at the Sea of Galilee, bathing in the cool waters and roasting meat over a roaring fire.
There the group of five was joined by five more adventurers (Joshua, Bethany, Seth, Emily, and Steve). The ground was hard and rocky, but as Adventurer #1 was heard to say, "The rocks get softer the longer you're here." None of the adventurers struggled with sleeplessness that night.
(we love JUC!)
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