Back in the USA

Well, we have landed in Chicago and we were only an hour late. It was a great flight (mostly because we flew over Greenland, which was ice and snow covered). We really enjoyed the trip but we are happy to be back home.

Tomorrow or Friday, I will update the blog with more pictures and a description of the last few days we were there. Mostly, the trip was about driving (1200 miles in 11 days), food (lots of potatoes, sausage, bacon, potatoes, fish, eggs, potatoes, and fried stuff), clouds, and friendly people. The Irish are proud of their country and they should be (it is an amazingly beautiful, diverse, and rugged country). There were many times where we would arrive at a spot that our tour book told us about and all we could say is: WOW!

There was one instance in particular that we haven't blogged about yet. We were driving to a place that our tour book described as a 'photo op heaven'. As we navigated the one lane road that is actually a two way street, we passed a parking lot where some people had pulled off to hike the rest of the way. We knew we were near the coast and the car in front of us continued on the road toward the spot. As we climbed up a 30 degree incline on a one lane road in our 3 cylinder, stick shift, Toyota Corolla, we rounded a blind turn to find out that we were now on a one lane road with no guardrail on the left protecting us from a 500 ft. cliff and a cliff side on the right leading up. As a person who is terrified of heights, this was an unpleasant finding for me. We did arrive and it was mostly worth the stomach distress and nauseating feelings.

Cayce has had plenty of chances to laugh at me and has taken advantage of all opportunities! We are looking forward to talking to all of you and thanks for the funny comments that made us feel loved and missed! Have a great Wednesday and as they say in Ireland, 'tanks a million'.