We made our traditional trip to our cabin in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to celebrate the 4th of July. Our cabin, or camp as they...

The end of vacation is alway hard. We're sad our adventures are over but really ready to be home. We miss our own beds, our own shower...

We stayed at the Titanic Hotel Belfast last night. It was wonderful. The offices of Harland and Wolff, the company that designed and...

How about a walk on the beach? We have been thrilled with the weather here in Ireland. We packed for cool, rainy weather, but my rain...

We left Kells this morning and drove from the Republic of Ireland into Nothern Ireland, a part of the UK. No boarder, just a sign. Oh,...

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...

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...