Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
I'm wrapping up my series of posts about our family trip to Ireland with Dublin, the last chapter of an epic adventure. Our stops along the Wild Atlantic Way exhilarated all of our senses. I will, for instance, always remember the bowl of mint pea soup I ate at an unassuming roadside tavern overlooking both [...]
The jaunting carts drew us to the Black Valley of Ireland, mainly because we're a literal family and "jaunting" sounded so cheerful and fun. So, we committed to one of the oldest tours in Ireland, the Gap of Dunloe Adventure tour, which involved an open boat ride across the Lakes of Killarney and a horse-drawn [...]
We each stuffed two euro into an honor box outside a sheep farm, and made our way up Carhoo Hill. None of us, not even the two people who had planned this excursion, had any idea what waited for us at the top. Wind whipped our hair as we hiked switchbacks passed an insultingly unimpressed [...]
If you want to meet a Wisconsinite, just wander down to Alabama during spring break. You’ll find us, and only us, chillin’ in a lukewarm pool or a frankly cold ocean, blue-lipped and determined to enjoy the amenities. Both anecdotal and causal evidence supports this statement. With the air temperature hovering just under 60 degrees, [...]
Our plane rolled to a stop about 100 yards into our 2000-mile journey a few weeks ago. “We’re a little overweight,” our pilot announced, and we all sucked in our guts. “So we’re going to need to burn some fuel. We’ll be here about another 15 minutes.” “We probably shouldn’t have stopped for those Kwik [...]