Well, unfortunately Day 9 has arrived and I am writing my last blog from Ireland. However, I feel  truly blessed to have been able to have this vacation to remember and my mom always said I had to go back to work so I could make money to pay for my next vacation.

Today we let the boys go off on their last fishing adventure and unfortunately the fish didn't bite. They did seem to enjoy themselves and found a pub to have a pint where we met them afterwards. They were blending in much like one of the locals.



Stevie and I started our day taking a Jaunting Cart tour of the Killarney National Park. Our driver's name was Mick and he was quite a character. He has been doing this job for 45 years. He even let Stevie drive the cart (and the horse Charlie) for a bit of the way. I think that may have been Stevie's favorite part. The park consists of 25,000 acres of land left to the state by the previous owner who was a man from Philadelphia. Today it is a park with miles of paths that can be used for walking, biking, running, and hiking. It has  3 major lakes, beautiful mountains (named Macgillycuddy's Reeks), cottages, a manor house, gardens, a castle and much more. It was so beautiful and peaceful even though the town of Killarney was all around it.

 

 

 

Then we did a boat tour of the Killarney Lakes. We learned that the fishing problem the guys had been having may have been due to the fact that the lakes are VERY low right now. We were able to see Lough (lake) Leane and how the Macgillycuddy's,Reeks run right up to the lake. We left from Ross Castle and were able to see it from the lake. We had a nice peaceful time on the lake as once again the weather God's looked down upon us with sunshine and a breeze.



We met up with the guy's at the pub and dropped off Dad's car. So now we are home to pack up and get ready to head to the airport tomorrow morning. I will enjoy my last night of the Dingle Bay, the sounds of the sheep, and the peacefulness of God's beauty around me. It is this calm, peacefulness, and beauty I will try to remember this upcoming year when life starts to become so hectic around me.

I will write one more time to let everyone know we are home, but from the beautiful land of Ireland, Slán go fóill.