Happy Fourth of July – Tried and True & Something New
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...
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Catherine Seavoy
Jun 20, 20232 min read
Day 14 - Winding Down
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...
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Catherine Seavoy
Jun 19, 20232 min read
Day 13 - Titanic
We stayed at the Titanic Hotel Belfast last night. It was wonderful. The offices of Harland and Wolff, the company that designed and...
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Catherine Seavoy
Jun 18, 20232 min read
Day 12 - Antrim Coast
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...
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Catherine Seavoy
Jun 17, 20232 min read
Day 11 - Long lost Cousins
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,...
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Catherine Seavoy
Jun 16, 20232 min read
Day 10 - Funny Money
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...
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Catherine Seavoy
Jun 15, 20232 min read
Day 9 - Inishmore
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...
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Catherine Seavoy
Jun 14, 20233 min read
Day 8 - Ferry after Kerry
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...
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Catherine Seavoy
Jun 13, 20233 min read
Day 7 - Ring of Kerry to Dingle
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...
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Catherine Seavoy
Jun 12, 20232 min read
Day 6 - Start of the Wild Atlantic Way
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...
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Catherine Seavoy
Jun 11, 20232 min read
Day 5 - Don’t Kiss the Blarney Stone!
I thought we would work backwards today, especially since I can't remember quite where we started. We're sitting in the camper, which...
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Catherine Seavoy
Jun 10, 20233 min read
Day 4 - Castles and Very Old Churches
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...
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Catherine Seavoy
Jun 9, 20232 min read
Day 3 - Mountains and Monasteries
We took a tour of Trinity College and saw the Book of Kellsd to this morning. Very interesting. Sadly, the talk about Trinity College...
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Catherine Seavoy
Jun 8, 20232 min read
Day 2 - Dublin
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...
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Catherine Seavoy
Jun 7, 20232 min read
Day 1 - Travel Day
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...
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Catherine Seavoy
Jun 4, 20231 min read
Back to My Roots??
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...
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Catherine Seavoy
Apr 9, 20214 min read
Adventures in Kayaking
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...
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Catherine Seavoy
Mar 20, 20213 min read
A Snowy White Pines Adventure
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...
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Catherine Seavoy
Jan 3, 20213 min read
Skiing Anyone?
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...
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Catherine Seavoy
Oct 14, 20205 min read
Tale of Two Trails
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...
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