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Florida sunsets are suberb
We're enjoying Thanksgiving in FL, and last night we went to watch the sunset at Emerson State Park in Palmetto, Florida. Riesling came with us and had a lovely time sniffing everything on the beach and getting her nose full of sand. :)
Gap of Dunloe waterfalls
We had a very difficult time finding a good resource for waterfalls in Ireland before we left on this trip. Even when we asked locals, the most common answer was "Oh, how about the Torc waterfall?" The best we could do was a few snapshots of cascades using the images...
Gap of Dunloe
Eric called this one of the top three most scenic drives we've done. Considering Chapman's Peak in South Africa and Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park are both on that list, that's saying quite a lot. The trek consists of a (mostly) paved road barely wide...
A lucky breakfast
Yesterday we started our drive down to Bradenton, FL, for Thanksgiving, and spent the night outside of Jacksonville at the home of our friends Beverly and Chris. Thanks for the hospitality guys! Everyone was gone when we got up in the morning; well, almost everyone:...
Gleninchiquin Falls and the Uragh Stone Circle
After driving through Killarney National Park we took a detour down to the Beara Peninsula to see Gleninchiquin Falls. I had emailed the private park a few days before we left but no one ever got back to me, so we had no way of knowing how much it was going to cost to...
Killarney National Park
After our stops at Muckross House and the Torc waterfall, the weather improved slightly as we meandered through Killarney National Park. The N71 took us past many small lakes and beautiful viewpoints. We parked at this old church and took a short walk to some...
text message etiquette
I sent a text message to my sister early yesterday morning so she would call me on her way to work and the following conversation ensued... Me: [Call me!] Her: calls me immediately, worried, "What's wrong!" Me: "Nothing, I meant [Call me!] as a casual request. Just...
Muckross House and Torc Waterfall
Our first stop on the second day after a hearty breakfast at our B&B on our way through Killarney National Park was the Muckross House. We decided not to do the house tour but instead walked around the grounds all the while becoming damper and damper in the misty...
Our Itinerary
2024 Trips
San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Madrid, Spain (Mar)
Valencia, Spain (Mar+Apr)
Palma, Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Bari, Italy (Sept)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)
2023 Trips
San Diego (Jan)
Orlando (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Apr)
Northern Italy (Apr)
NC Mountains (May)
Long Island (Jul)
Wisconsin (Aug)
Chicago (Aug)
Oak Island, NC (Sept)
Brooklyn, NY (Sept)
Bordeaux + Rugby World Cup (Sep)
Castilla y León (Sep)
Seychelles (Nov)
Willamette Valley (Dec)
2022 Trips
Florida (Feb)
NC Mountains (Apr)
Washington DC (Apr)
Valencia, Spain (May)
Hilton Head, SC (May)
Pacific NW (Jun)
Long Island (Jul)
Florida (Sept)
Chicago (Sept)
Poland (Sept)
NC Mountains (Nov)
Euro Xmas Markets (Dec)
Eric and Leandra in Orient Point, NY :)
Hello! This website chronicles the travel adventures of a computational biologist and a WordPress website developer (with past entries of our 😇 rescued mini schnauzers, Riesling and Pasha).
We’ve steadily increased our travel over the last several years and that is the focus of our blog currently, but you can read older ‘daily life‘ and ‘canine‘ posts by clicking on those links.
Eric and Leandra in Orient Point, NY :)