The Rotary Club of North Jackson's Past President Wyatt Emmerich, spoke to club members and guest during the club's June 7, 2022 meeting about his recent trip to the Holy Land. Wyatt and friend Jeff Weill, hiked the Jesus Trail during Easter week. Emmerich said that The Jesus Trail is, of course, thousands of years old but it has only recently been touted as a tourist destination with the motto, “Jesus didn’t take a bus, why should you.” According to Emmerich, the local promoters believed it would spur tourism and local economic development and it has. When Jesus began his ministry he left Nazareth and went to the Sea of Galilee (really just a medium sized lake) where he recruited his disciples, many of whom fished the lake. There are numerous Christian and Jewish historical sports along the trail. Here are the links to Wyatt's columns in The Northside Sun about the trip: https://www.northsidesun.com/opinion-walking-along-jesus-trail-easter#sthash.BB01ekNJ.dpbs; https://www.northsidesun.com/opinion-minor-issues-flight-hike-jesus-trail#sthash.5mqtTTS8.dpbs; https://www.northsidesun.com/opinion-more-adventures-along-jesus-trail; https://www.northsidesun.com/opinion-hiking-along-sea-galilee; https://www.northsidesun.com/opinion-heart-jerusalems-old-city. Shown in the photo below is Wyatt and Club President Uriel Pineda.
