"Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead to Dan, all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea, the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar. Then the LORD said to him, “This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it.”
The sharp peak is clearly visible for miles and miles, and its summit is laden with many communications towers, but Pisgah is still a beautiful hike. We climbed it in less time than we thought - the summit suddenly appears, with its huge steel tower, round a bend in the path. Up on the viewing platform we struck up a conversation with a couple who had just climbed it and had noticed my Asheville Half Marathon shirt; they were a fit-looking couple and easy to talk to, as so many are on the summits of mountains of their upper paths. It turns out she had run four marathons and he had run two. He was 84. She was 73. What an inspiration! We decided that we would like to do this hike again in 20 years or so, God willing.
So, we came home again today, refreshed and still celebrating. Crossing over here to the Promised Land.
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