Kayaking on flat water is something almost anyone can do easily. The hardest thing about kayaking is getting in and getting out. The benefits of operating a personal watercraft in such scenic settings as we have on the Eastern Shore are too many to mention here. Well save that for subsequent posts. This video shows two travel hags both over 60 with health challenges, getting into a kayak for the first time … and loving it.
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Newgrange Passage Tomb – Spirals, Light and Stone
Newgrange passage tomb in the Boyne Valley – County Meath, Ireland is the oldest, fully in-tact building in Ireland, and probably in western Europe. According to Mary Gibbons who offers excellent tours of Newgrange, the tomb dates back 5000 years, predating the pyramids of Egypt, Stonehenge and all the other […]
Croagh Patrick – the Holy Mountain
Croagh Patrick is one of the “must see” destinations in Ireland and has been known as a “thin place” or site of sacred power for thousands of years. Plan to spend at least half a day. The mountain that dominates the landscape in Westport, Achill, and Murrisk, is also known […]
Mapping out Day 1 – Connamara, Kylemore, Lough Corrib
During the various layovers at airports today, Dan Burgoyne and I planned out our first day in Ireland. We plan to take a drive around Lough Corrib then past the Maamturk Mountains and take in the unique light of Connemara. Like Paris, the light in this region has inspired artists […]
We’re Off to Ireland for the Thin Places Mystical Tour
Dan and I will be traveling to Ireland on Tuesday. We’ll spend a few days on our own before meeting the tour group in Dublin on May 15th. In those few extra days we plan to visit Mayo and Sligo – particularly Down Patrick Head and some megalithic sites around […]
Time to Visit Tangier Island – Great Family Day Trip
Tangier Island is one of two inhabited off-shore islands (not connected by causeway) located in the Chesapeake Bay. Located in Virginia, Tangier Island is about 14 miles off the coast of Crisfield and has about 500 inhabitants, most making a living off the Bay by crabbing in the summer and […]
Lilyan Stratton Corbin Library .. and Mausoleum .. in Crisfield, MD
This being National Library Week, I offer a post about our hometown library, here in rural Somerset County, Maryland. When you check out a book at the Lilyan Stratton Corbin Library on Main Street in Crisfield, look up to the right and you’ll see a large urn set in a […]
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