The view from a mountaintop gives perspective for a weary traveler and gives perspective on the larger layout of the surrounding geography. I remember the view from Mount Tabor in Israel which is six miles east of Nazareth. On a clear day Mount Tabor is visible from much of Galilee. It is very prominent. Yet not many people go to visit it. The narrow, winding switchbacks, leading up the mountain are too narrow for tourist busses. So only cars and…