If you can't go to the Dead Sea...

... then bring to Dead Sea home to you!

Even for us in Israel, it's not always easy to get to the Dead Sea. We need two buses in each direction, and it's not cheap. Travel is long and tiring. And then we also have to schlepp a bag with bathing suit, towel, robe, food etc. And during the summer, it's much too hot and crowded with vacationers from all over the world.

But it's so nice to slather that mud all over our bodies and lie in the sun until it's dry and caking. Then after we rinse it off, our skin's so nice and smooth.

How could we solve the problem of getting a Dead Sea experience without the hassle of going there?

One of my neighbors came up with an idea.

She got a bag of Dead Sea Mud, which can be bought in many places in Israel, and brought it to the pool. So yesterday, after our swim, we showered off the chlorine, spread out our towels, and smeared the mud all over our bodies. It dried quickly in the hot sun. We showered it off in the outside shower and went on with our day.

That was fun and efficient.