Firstly, that ‘a’ is intentional. This week I’ve seen a new state and city – Seattle, WA. This is a really cool city. The buildings are old, the people are eclectic, the locale is by the sea. Sure – I am here in the summer so the weather is grand, but heck, surely it cannot…
This week there is a bit of Ireland still in my veins, so I’m putting that in first, then we’ll get onto the week. Don’t worry – the week wasn’t immensely exciting. So we left you with the ridiculous line in the airport. It took us an hour and a half to get through the…
Thursday we saw a couple of Castles along the way. I enjoy these castles that are in ruins and have no other people, they feel more real. The first was O’Dowd Castle. The beach is one of the best surf beaches in the country apparently. I guess less so this day. There are surfers out…
The first day of driving exploration started with breakfast by a couple of lovely Irish gents. We were going for our first Irish breakfasts, and succeeded. The big breakfast, two sausages, two puddings, two bacon, and an egg. Winning! The place looked small from the photos and the outside but it was roomy and fun…
The family tree as I have it at the end of the trip. So we got to the Bailie Hotel, a little late as we noted earlier. Barbara was amusing, she was all if he’s taking me out he’s going to buy me lunch too. They had eaten at the hotel and highly recommended the…
As you’re all well aware Wednesday we left for Ireland. The plan was to land in Dublin at 1030 on Thursday and do a little sight seeing then sleep before the Friday wedding. The reality was somewhat different. We left for the airport and our flight from Denver to Dulles was delayed 20 minutes, no…
This week is another odd week. Tuesday was 4th July, which I understand is a cause for celebration. Because the birth of a nation that needs to be made great (per the head of state no less) is a nation to be celebrated. I read it more like the people want to celebrate an independence that…
And you get an early post. Don’t get used to it. I guess I left you in an odd little spot. I was very aware that I’d kept you all waiting for almost three weeks, thanks mum. So I’m going to consider that we ended on Monday, though I touched on the rest of the…
Yep, I have. Yep, my bad. Yep, care factor low 😉 So this last few weeks have been as busy as normal, as adventurous as normal, but I haven’t been travelling for work so there haven’t been hours of flights and sitting at airports to get this going. And now its been almost forever since…
After last week’s longer post, this one will be a tad shorter. Yep, Earl, Yogi, and I headed up to Yellowstone. We also ticked another couple of states off my map and saw some national monuments. You know, just a normal run-of-the-mill week. Firsts include visiting the first National Park, the first National Monument, and…
This week I had a travel week, as I’m positive you guessed from the end of last week! Sorry for the delayed post, it will make sense though. This week there was also some rafting, hiking, and a first! Oh, and a little bonus for you, we’re going to continue on through to Wednesday. Why?…
Yep, new state, winning! Also, I saw the Mighty Mississippi again. The alliteration got blown up when I discovered the Missouri River joins the Mississippi in Missouri at St Louis. Monday was a blessedly easy day at work, Mark was adventuring so I got a day of a whole host of getting work done. The…
Lucky that sort of rapid gain rarely happens with weight…. This week I’ve added a new state, got older, and negotiated a 24hour adventure challenge race. Never a dull moment. Monday was indeed not too bad. I travelled most of the rest of the week so Monday was under some huge pressure to be productive.…
Team Quokka re formed for the Denver Questival 2017. We had t-shirts and everything, don’t they look stylish?!? Many thanks to Jac and Stella for the t-shirt design! So let’s explain questival and how we got here. Firstly, this is all my fault, I saw it on Facebook and decided it looked cool. Thankfully it…
As I’m sure you absolutely recall, my week started a tad earlier than normal with a flight to Fargo. The week ended noisily. So Monday and Tuesday in Fargo were all about watching dirt get dug out in the flat fields of the Lake Agassiz Basin. We arrived on Monday morning, 0800 (late start) with…
Rhiannons Rambling 