Wow! So much salt! The Dead Sea is the lowest spot on the face of the earth! The Dead Sea is about 31% salt, compared to ocean water at 3.5%. It has its name because it is so salty nothing but the tiniest organisms can live in it. That's good news for people who are terrified of seaweed (don't be embarrassed, Theresa) as they can enter without fear of being attacked. The rocks and stuff along the shore line had a coating of this white salt crusted on them. If you're really nerdy and want to learn more about The Dead Sea you can visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dead_Sea
We had lots of fun floating in it. I had to be careful to balance on my back because if I turned at all, the fat from my backside is apparently more than the fat on my frontside and it would flip me right over onto my face...I also forgot the advice we got last time I was there, namely not to shave that day. Boy did my legs burn! Jerel had the same problem with his neck/face. You suddenly become aware of nicks and cuts you didn't know you had!
When I was at Ricks College Susan Bednar (Elder David A. Bednar's lovely wife) gave a great talk about salt and explained that it is used to preserve, protect, and enhance. She tied it all in to how we are the salt of the earth and such. I was going to be really cool and add a link to the talk, but everytime I try to open it at the byui website it freezes up my computer. So you'll have to survive with my two sentance summary of the talk.
We had lots of fun floating in it. I had to be careful to balance on my back because if I turned at all, the fat from my backside is apparently more than the fat on my frontside and it would flip me right over onto my face...I also forgot the advice we got last time I was there, namely not to shave that day. Boy did my legs burn! Jerel had the same problem with his neck/face. You suddenly become aware of nicks and cuts you didn't know you had!
When I was at Ricks College Susan Bednar (Elder David A. Bednar's lovely wife) gave a great talk about salt and explained that it is used to preserve, protect, and enhance. She tied it all in to how we are the salt of the earth and such. I was going to be really cool and add a link to the talk, but everytime I try to open it at the byui website it freezes up my computer. So you'll have to survive with my two sentance summary of the talk.
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