May 26th, 2025 – Travel Courtesy; Interesting Website; Trailer; Writing


I saw this article about some real contentious things going on in Spain regarding short-term rentals. Something like 66,000 rental listings have to be taken down under government orders and reservations are being cancelled. This is being done in response to locals protesting and trying to take their city back. Good on them. Hopefully, this … Continue reading May 26th, 2025 – Travel Courtesy; Interesting Website; Trailer; Writing

May 5th, 2025 – Road Trip!


Tabor, SD This past Thursday I went on a drive and I ended up in South Dakota; the far west part of SD just across the border from Wyoming, that is. My adventure ended up being cut short and more rushed than I was planning, but things changed without notice. I drove around five hours … Continue reading May 5th, 2025 – Road Trip!

March 2nd, 2025 – Athlone, Ireland to Dublin, Ireland


We got up and checked out of our hotel. We are headed back to Dublin today. We have to turn in our rental car around 11-noon so it’s a quick exit. The Bastion Kitchen was not open before we needed to scoot so I couldn’t get a breakfast bap they make that is so very … Continue reading March 2nd, 2025 – Athlone, Ireland to Dublin, Ireland

March 1st, 2025 – Galway, Ireland to Athlone, Ireland


Saturday, March 1st, 2025 - Galway to Athlone Check out the Front Desk at our hotel in Galway - a very clever design We got up and around, and went out to do find coffee and a bite to eat then do some sightseeing. When driving around to find our hotel yesterday we got a … Continue reading March 1st, 2025 – Galway, Ireland to Athlone, Ireland

February 28th, 2025 – Killarney, Ireland to Galway, Ireland


First things first - The Brushing of the Teeth. That shower was pretty righteous too. Ugh…a very rough night. I have never had food poisoning and I can now mark it off my anti-bucket list. I was horribly sick until the wee hours and woke up feeling really bad in every way. But, we got … Continue reading February 28th, 2025 – Killarney, Ireland to Galway, Ireland