In This Crazy Life...

Our trip to the beach was so relaxing! I woke up about 6:00 every morning and took our chairs and umbrella to the beach. If you wanted a good spot close to the water, you had to set up before the rental guys. Once everything was set up, I would get my coffee and have some quiet time on the beach. We always stay at the Hampton Inn and they have a wonderful breakfast buffet that we enjoyed each morning. Kev usually came down about 10:00 to join me. We stopped in the Wave store across the street and he bought a selfie stick. He loves that thing and we took tons of selfies. So warning... this post will have selfie overload. Friday Afternoon Beach Selfie About 3:30 Friday afternoon a storm with lots of lightning came out of no where. The umbrella rental guys frantically picked up umbrellas and chairs. We packed everything up and started taking things inside. We decided to leave the chairs and umbrella since there was no ways I could get them with the bags and ice chest. Kev was t...

We woke up before dark Thursday to head to the beach for a few days. We were on the road by 6:00. I wanted earlier but things happen. Anyways I drove so Kev could sleep. He's been working very long, hot days.  We arrived just in time for check-in. Kev has been using my Hilton Honors AMEX to purchase material and racked up enough points the last couple of months for a two night stay. We paid for One night. Since a gulfview room was $410 for one night and 240,000 points for the other two nights, we decided to go with inland room. We opened our door to a gulfview room. Just a little happy for us!  I woke up at sunrise and set up our spot on the beach. I love the beach in the morning!!  I see a beach nap in the future for this afternoon....

We left Doolin after a wonderful breakfast prepared by Kate's husband Charles. I had porridge with Bailey's and Kev had a toasted bagel with smoked Salmon. They have some of the best smoked Salmon I have ever tasted over there. The weather map for today. We did a pretty good job of missing the rain. The Burren is a National Park which contains examples of all the major habitats within the Burren: Limestone Pavement, Calcareous Grassland, Hazel scrub, Ash/Hazel Woodland, Turloughs, Lakes, Petrifying Springs, Cliffs and Fen. We followed a narrow road to hit some of the highlights in the Burren. There were tons of walking trails, but we only had a day and the weather wasn't the best.(You can see the dark clouds in this picture.) Our first stop was the church ruins in Carran. I'm sure  you used to enter through this iron gate, however it is locked so you must step over the wall right next to it. Once we left the churc...

Monday morning we ate Breakfast at the castle and headed towards The Cliffs of Moher. We were staying the night in Doolin. It was a two and a half hour drive. The cliffs were amazing! It was windy and chilly that high up and near the water. The cliff's highest point is 700 feet and they strethc for five miles. O’Brien’s Tower stands near the highest point and has served as a viewing point for visitors for hundreds of years. O'Brien's Tower    The Cliffs of Moher were originally the site of a gigantic river delta and were formed about 320 million years ago. The Napoleonic signal tower at Hags Head was built built in 1803, this is close to the site of a long gone 1st century BC ruined fort “Mothar” from which the Cliffs get their name.  The walking trail stretch along the edge of the cliffs. We started at the visitor center and walked north past O' Briens's Tower first. There were parts of the trail that were very steep and close to the edge ...