Courage and Kindness

Today we drove to Mizen Head which is the furthest southwetern point in Ireland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizen_Head

We followed the path out to the farthest area,



where the signal point is. There are some incredible views along the way, especially from the suspension bridge.




The bridge was a little scary.



Once out on the point you turn a corner, and the already blustery wind intensifies. Byron said he thought it went up to 100 knots! We each took pictures on the little platform at the bottom of the stairs,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brassangel/1220130132/sizes/m/

and we wandered through the signalling station/museum.



On the way back we went up "the 99 steps".




Had me huffing and puffing of course, but I counted as I went and there are indeed 99!

On a whim we stopped at a beach near Mizen head.It was called Barley Cove Beach.



We collected seashells and stood with our feet in the Atlantic.



Which means I have now had my feet in both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. (First trip to FL).



There wasn't much rain today, and actually some blue sky!

We stopped at a factory outlet store where I finally got a sweatshirt. I have been wearing one I borrowed from Byron all this time, so he finally got it back. My new sweatshirt is green with IRELAND printed across the front of it.

It doesn't seem like we did much today, but it was a lot of driving.



We got back to Bruff at 9:30 P.M and Clancy's, the place we had planned to go for dinner was closed. The only place that was open was the chinese place. We were not impressed 8(