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JEllens Adventure 2025 has come to an end. We have a long day ahead of us. We have to do some serious adjustments upon returning after traveling for so long. More recap when we get unpacked & adjusted Things will…

Me tinks this is a sign… We leave tomorrow for our Arizona home, no longer all of these amazing “homes away from home.” Lots of mixed emotions only because what’s happening in our 🇺🇸. We’ve stayed on the periphery of…

Storm Amy is on her way across the Atlantic making landfall soon on Irelands West Coast. She’s expected to bring lots of rain and strong winds. Glad we’re on the east coast enjoying Dublin. Then we were asked by the…

So much history, so many stories of the fight for independence. We learned the story of this amazing lady during our visit to the Kilmainham Gaol. And after visiting my Dads Aunt Liz’s grave and reading her obituary it gives…

Busy couple of days hanging out with the cousins and getting one more golf game in the Irish mist. We had an amazing time with the family & reserved our room for Ryder Cup 2027. Euros are up in the…

Our last week in Ireland 😢. Kenmare was a lovely town. We will be back. The family had a fab swim at the holiday homes pool and Jeff finally found a hot hot hot tub. We stopped for one last…

Another beautiful day in Ireland 🍀 Hiking day today but first a stop at URAGH STONE A FIVE STONE CIRCLE, AND IT’S ATTENDANT TALL STANDING STONE, STAND LIKE SENTINELS ON A HILLCOCK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LOUGH INCHIQUIN. STONE…

Weekend in charming Kenmare with the Gearys. Colorful town center with shops, pubs and restaurants galore. Ended the day with a nice dinner and the Birthday celebration continues. More cake yummy More Kenmare tomorrow.

Hated to wake him up be his sunshine nap, but he’s in the middle of the way out We needed good coffee this instant stuff just doesn’t do it Priority Coffee Shop in the village was lovely Happy Birthday sweet…

THE EXPERIENCE WAS INCREDIBLE AND THE LUCK OF THE IRISH ☘️ WAS IN FULL DISPLAY WITH PERFECT WEATHER Occupying a stunning and unique headland reaching out over two miles into the Atlantic Ocean, the Old Head of Kinsale is home…

We’re staying at a lovely farm in Riverstick just outside of Kinsale. The sunrise from our home away from home was breathtaking. Incredible God light Everywhere you look are massive fuchsia bushes Our farm has horses, cows, alpacas and a…

Exploring the sights around Killarney on a perfect fall day. The mountains, rolling hills, blue skies and puffy white clouds were like a postcard. Not far out of town is the turn off to the Gap. Looking forward to the…

I started the morning seeing this story that I just had to share. Love puffins and love humans that fight the horrors of climate change in our world. Click (or copy/paste) the PBS link for the story. We’re off…

We’ve loved our time in Ballybunion on the fabulously wild Atlantic side of Ireland. Today we say bye to Ballybunion and hello to Killarney. On the way we stopped on Ballyduff for a visit to the Rattoo round tower and…

Another fun day of golf & hopefully we can keep the rain away Not so sure about scattered showers ☔️ so we decided to play a scramble to speed up play. Jeff understood the mission hitting to the flagstick and…

The story of the Ardfert Cathedral begins 1500 years ago when St Brendan the Navigator reputedly established a monastery here. The site has three medieval church ruins, the main and earliest building being from the 12th century. Within the adjoining…

Camogie (/kəˈmoʊɡi/ⓘkə-MOH-ghee; Irish: camógaíocht[kəˈmˠoːɡiːxt̪ˠ]) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women.  The game consists of two thirty-minute halves. There is a half-time interval of 15 minutes. In event of extra time, halves must consist of 10 minutes each. Each team has…

Waiting for the rain, watched the final Sandman episodes on Netflix. Hope there’s a season three. Going through photos and trying to organize them a bit. Just read the news that Robert Redford passed away. 😢. In 1978 when I…

We did think twice golfing with the weather prediction of rain and wind and fierce gusts of wind off the Atlantic. We wanted so much to golf with Brian and Euan at the Cashen Course and if they were game,…

Saturday we had a nice visit with the Sexton clan. So nice Aidan, Odhran & Meadhbh & Donagh came to Ballybunion for a walk along the cliffs & beach and a fab lunch. Thanks for the very special day. Later…

So the rain and wind continue but we’re very good at Plan B afterall We hopped in the car after booking a round trip on the Tarbert Ferry in search of sunshine. But the cliffs are showing up and our…

With winds gusting over 40mph and rain sideways we took a rain 😛 check on golf. Disappointing but we are all about Plan B or C or… We loaded up our wind clothes and Kermit for a drive to the…

We drove Sally to Shannon so she could return to Italy for a few more weeks of fun. We had an absolute blast with you sista!! 🥰 Then we walked around Limerick and saw some cool murals and stopped for…

We’re in County Kerry and Dads family was from the Listowel area. Sally’s digging and has a ton of leads. We took a drive to Tralee for a bit of research at the heritage section of the library. After the…

In early 1897, an article in the Irish Times, headed ‘The Golf Links of Kerry’, dismissed the recently opened Ballybunion course with some contempt as “a rabbit warren below the village, where a golfer requires limitless patience and an inexhaustible…

This morning was drier than yesterday but the winds were still blowing with gusts of up to 28 mph expected all day. We saw blue skies and felt sunshine through the windows. Time for a walk on the beach. But…

Moving to the coast to hang out at Ballybunion for a few weeks. Fun part of the drive driving through Listowel, where my grandfather on my Dads side was born. A bit blustery so we’ll be chilling watching the Irish…

We met our cousins on my Fathers side and today were treated to some family history, great stories and photos from the past. I have to dedicate our post today to Aunt Lizzie Brennan. Our great aunt Lizzie Brennan was…

Lovely day exploring Galway between the sunny spells and Irish mist. We’re trying to use our “yank blue sky skills” to keep the trend going. We walked by this gent and said “hey our sister lives in sunny Sequim”. He…