Surprise at Masada

I went to Masada with a friend.  We finished up on the mount late, but not too late to catch the cable car, but late enough that when we were through at the gift shop and eating a little, that Masada was closed (at 17:00).

Luckily the walkway from the lunch area is outside, so we were able to leave easily.  But we saw a curious site that we didn't see on our walk up the hill from the bus stop earlier.

The ibex was standing and looking at us on some of the masonry of the entry way.  And was kind enough to allow us to take all the photos we wanted.  It's not a tall animal, but the horns are impressive, aren't they?  So, maybe it wasn't so bad that we closed the place down.  Still caught the last bus to Beer Sheva, so I call it a win.

While we were up top, we heard helicopters, and saw these two in formation.