We were on our way up to the hotel room after dinner discussing whether we should book a hotel room for Sunday night or stay in the...

This morning found us on the 9:00 ferry (for people not cars) to Inishmore. It is the largest of the Aran Islands. We rented bikes and...

We just finished looking for puffins at the cliffs at Loophead, the most western point in Europe. We waved across the pond, did you wave...

Tonight we're at the Half Door B&B in Dingle. If you've seen the movie Leap Year, you've heard of Dingle. If you haven't seen it, it's a...

We left the southern part of Ireland and headed north. We had a room reserved at the Randles Hotel in Killarney and arrived there at...

I thought we would work backwards today, especially since I can't remember quite where we started. We're sitting in the camper, which...

Hore Abbey On our trip from Kilkenny to Blarney we visited 2 old churches and 2 old castles. Castle #1 - we toured Kilkenny Castle. It...

We took a tour of Trinity College and saw the Book of Kellsd to this morning. Very interesting. Sadly, the talk about Trinity College...

Our fight was delayed, but fortunately just 2 hours. After a restless night on the plane we arrived in Dublin ready to explore. We had...

June 7, 2023 We're off, on our way to the Toronto Airport. When we began planning this adventure we discovered that while you can't fly...

I grew up being told I was half Irish and half Italian. My first red haired brown eyed daughter confirmed it. Enter ancestry.com and dna...

It has been a relatively mild winter in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Most of the snow is gone, only icy patches cling to the low and...

The snow crunches under my boots. The baby’s sled is loud as we start out but gets quieter as the snow softens under the cover of the...

It’s very quiet. A blanket of snow covers the woods. Enough snow, but not too deep. The only sounds are the shish, shish of the skis...

Joe pulled the new Chevy station wagon into the church Christmas tree lot. His kids, two girls and a boy bounced happily in the back seat...

I stick my hand under the rush of water splashing into the tub. Now it’s too hot, I turn the nozzle toward cold, let it run and stick my...

This is the tale of two trails. Because of COVID, it was necessary to modify our summer travel plans. We usually take one “big” trip...

The man was old, too old to be starting out new, too old to be a father again, but he had promised. Promised his new wife they would...