Ireland trip

Just flew back from Dublin and boy are my arms tired. I'll be in the shop next week after nearly two weeks off. It was really good to get away from the shop and the normal day-to-day .....you can't really appreciate what you have until you get a bit of distance from it , at least that's how I see it. Here are a few of the photos I shot from our trip. We went to Westport , Connemara and Dublin. Mostly motored and hiked around these areas. Below is a photo of the typical wetlands and bogs we saw. You can't swing a dead bicycle frame here without hitting a bog. We were immensely lucky to have friends hosting us for four nights and driving us all over the west of the emerald isle. We were also fortunate to have hardly any rain the whole trip-I think that leaving the bikes at home were the biggest factor in the weather being good for riding- always seems to go that way.
 

Would I recommend Ireland as a vacation spot ? yes. Friendly people and beautiful countryside and affordable meals and lodging , along with the English language being spoken make Ireland an easy place for Americans to have an easier go of it in a European travel destination.