We got a later start than planned and with an hour drive, we arrived at Blarney Castle after 10am. So, lots of tour buses had already dropped off LOTS of people! In hindsight, we should have walked around the gardens first and waited for the castle line to go down, Read more…
The Ring of Kerry is another popular loop to drive. Here’s the list of places we stopped along that route… Kerry Cliffs Derrynane House Scenic Views. We pulled off at a few places to try to capture how spectacular the views were (which of course is not nearly as good Read more…
We enjoyed a traditional Irish Breakfast at the B&B before picking up Jeremy and heading to Northern Ireland. Black pudding, white pudding, fried eggs, sausage, rashers (pan-fried bacon) and potatoes. I liked the white pudding better than the black, but it was all pretty good. Evidently, brown bread is very Read more…
August 16, 2024. We got off the ship around 8am and took a taxi to our room. To my surprise, Jeremy was waiting for us there and startled me when I opened the door. (I knew he was flying over from Ireland to sightsee with us, but thought we’d meet Read more…
We planned to fly to NJ the night before the cruise and found some friends willing to take us to the Nashville airport so we wouldn’t have to pay for parking for 18 days. Unfortunately, once we were at the airport, our flight was canceled due to severe weather all Read more…
After talking to a few pool companies, we decided to go with Dream Acres Pool Company to build our in-ground fiberglass pool. They helped us figure out what we wanted to do and captured the design using a computer program. The pool company broke ground April 5th and finished on Read more…
We spent 5 nights in the Pigeon Forge area, hanging out with Dave (Randy’s oldest brother) and Gay Lynn. Unfortunately, since it was kind of last minute, we weren’t able to get a site in the same campground as them; but I found one at Pigeon Forge Landing RV Resort, Read more…
I had made reservations for three nights at Stone Mountain Park in order to see a few houses north of Atlanta and catch up with an old friend from HS. I’m glad we no longer needed to look at houses because we spent the entire time enjoying the park, downtown Read more…
We stayed at Sheltowee Trace Adventure Resort for three nights and spent a day at Cumberland Falls State Park. We did the 2 mile Eagle Falls hike, which was pretty strenuous, with steep inclines and lots of steps, but it was scenic and had rugged terrain, which I liked. After Read more…
I can’t believe we had another major issue when we tried to set up in Branson, plus a couple of other stupid mistakes I made. I don’t even want to talk about it yet, so I’ll wait til the end of this post to document what happened and just try Read more…
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