In early August we went for a visit to Seattle with our son Andrew. Andrew currently lives in San Francisco, but he used to live in Seattle and has a lot of friends there. We wandered the city as tourists and saw weird signs on the streets, like this car wash sign from the 50’s. …
This is my last post about our trip to Ireland, and I am going to describe things weird, funny, and delightful that were captured in photographs. Fairy Paths At several locations, we saw signs that said “Fairy Walk,” or “Fairy Trail,” or “Fairy Path.” What are these? A little online research reveals they have homes for …
The best time we had with animals was on our drive around the Ring of Dingle. Ricky recommended that we stop along the drive at a spot where for €2 we can see Beehive Huts and hold a baby lamb. Needless to say, Susan really liked the baby lambs! Then we stopped at another spot …
I have learned a lot about Ireland. People have lived in Ireland for the last twelve thousand years. In a sparsely populated rural countryside, some of these structures are still around or maybe ruins of these structures. We really enjoyed seeing some of Ireland’s Archeological past. The place we enjoyed most was Bonane Heritage Park, …
I am half Irish, but I had never been to Ireland. My mother told me that her parents were Michael Kilbane and Bridget McCann Kilbane, and that they immigrated to the US from Ireland, I think early in the twentieth century. More specifically, they came from Achill Island on the northwest coast of Ireland in …
I have always liked architecture, so taking pictures of interesting buildings is a natural for me. This is the Kilkenny Castle, in the rain, but with the sun at our backs. The stone building is the Kilkenny Tourist Information Centre, built in 1582 by benefactor Sir Richard Shee to house poor people. There are a lot …
In Ireland, they drive on the left-hand side of the road. We had lived in Cambridge England for two years in the 1980s, so I knew how to drive on the left. Shifting a manual transmission with your left hand significantly increases the Degree of Difficulty quite significantly. But it has been thirty-some years since England, and I have …
I am half Irish, but I have never been to Ireland until recently. We went to Ireland at the end of May for 2 and a half weeks, and we had a splendid time. It is a gorgeous country, with amazing, friendly people. And we had sunshine and warm weather throughout the trip! NOT – …
We drove from San Luis Obispo to Snow Canyon State Park, near St George, Utah. I had read really good things about this park online, but WOW, it is really amazing. BTW, the name comes from the Snow family, not the weather. Our first night it rained like crazy. We were very glad we were not …
After Jalama Beach, our plan was to go to visit Emily and BK who live in San Luis Obispo. Emily is a psychologist, and for many years Emily and Susan shared an office in SLC. Before the trip we knew that Emily and BK lived on Marsh Street in downtown San Luis Obispo, and there was no way we …