Hey guys! This week is your lucky week-Must be the luck of the Irish. We do have some internet access if we stand on our heads and balance our computers on our toes in the hallway at 2:00 a.m.! Yeah!
To bring you up to speed, we’re staying in a hotel in Kilarney and we just, just, just got back from a 7 mile hike after a 1.5 hour boat ride (not including the manual labor part) through the “Gap of Dun Lough”. It was SO much fun! The hike wasn’t a true hike-it WAS on a paved road that cars went down…but there were still crazy dangerous situations that made memories! The boat ride, a historical one according to our bus driver (Brian King, our driver said he had never seen the water in the lake so high), was amazing. The waves were definitely coming into our boat and there were a few times we thought we were going to flip over. We safely made it across one of the lakes to a river (there were three boats containing all the FISPers), then had to go under a bridge against the rapids. At this point, we had to get out of our boats, roll up our pantlegs, take off our socks and shoes, wade across the water, and pull our boats under the bridge. It took about an hour after all was said and done. After that, we hiked some serious “Sound of Music” switchbacks up to a little church, where we had lunch. I am working on pictures right now, so give me a few days to give you proof of our adventure and survival!
I’m off for fish ‘n’ chips, some live music at the pub, then a movie at the cinema!
Hey Erin,
ReplyDeleteSo good to have another post! Sounds like you all are definitely getting your exercise over there! Lots of hiking,etc. It sounds wonderful, however, I need to hear more about these "near death experiences"?? Really hope you are exaggerating a bit!!
We are counting the days till we are on Erin's shores, too!
Love you,
Mom