Debbie and Polly were very excited to learn that they would be visiting the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland. Debbie had heard of it, but had never had the opportunity to go there. As you can see from the pictures, it couldn’t have been a more perfect day! According to the Giant’s Causeway Official Guide: [...]
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“Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1963 as an overlay of NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center. Consisting of 140,000 acres, the Refuge provides a wide variety of habitats: coastal dunes, saltwater estuaries and marshes, freshwater impoundments, scrub, pine flatwoods, and hardwood hammocks provide habitat for more than 1,500 species of plants and [...]
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We had a nice visit to Cobh (pronounced Cove) when we were in Ireland. Cobh was once known as Queenstown, and was the last port of call for the Titanic. We had a very interesting tour given to us by Micheal Martin, a local historian. Cobh is a very pretty, picturesque town that’s located in [...]
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After a very long time in the car, we finally crossed over into the state of Florida, and what comes to mind when you think of Florida…beaches, of course! Although our goal was to see the Space Shuttle launch, we were looking forward to seeing the ocean and beaches, too! The first one we saw [...]
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Here I am again to tell you more about my adventures to Amish country in Ohio. Our first stop was Rolling Ridge Ranch Animal Park The brochure states that there are up to 600 animals at any given time. Most of the animals can be viewed on the horse drawn wagon tour, but they also [...]
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One of the places we visited in Ireland was Glendalough, where we visited the monastic ruins. According to wikipedia: Glendalough (Irish: Gleann Dá Loch, meaning “Glen of Two Lakes”) is a glacial valley located in County Wicklow, Ireland, renowned for its Early Medieval monastic settlement founded in the 6th century by St Kevin, a hermit [...]
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During the Famine period, an estimated half-million Irish were evicted from their cottages, and there were two ways that they were removed. The first one was by putting the male of the family in jail for owing back rent, and then the rest of his family would be put out into the streets. The other [...]
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Because we hopped around to so many different awesome places…this post will showcase part of our trip through Ohio Amish County. Our first stop was Sugarcreek. The village was started from Amish and German descendants who were looking for farming land. The rolling hills reminded them of the land where many of them had originated. Thus, it’s nickname the “Little [...]
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As we were driving through County Donegal, we came across a quaint little Folk Village museum in Glencolmcille. We didn’t have much time to stop and actually tour the museum, but we did check out the nearby beach, and had a quick bite to eat in the restaurant that near the gift shop of the [...]
Imagine our surprise when we came around the bend while shopping and discovered a garden filled with frogs…well, frog sculptures, that is! Located just out of Chicago in Oak Brook, Illinois, we found our frogs at the Oakbrook Center, which boasts six major department stores and 160 shops and restaurants all within a lush garden [...]
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