Congratulations in Flagstaff to Faith and Grace Stehle who are now both graduates on Northern Arizona University! Well done!
First, a couple of leftover pictures from our stop in Harrison’s Bar (including a better shot of the Finck’s overalls ad poster). That’s a young Derek (the owner) with a young Bill Clinton. He also has a picture of himself with Joe Biden from Biden’s last visit.
We had a great breakfast Saturday morning at the Ice House. Full Irish for me – black pudding, white pudding, rashers of bacon, sausages, mushrooms, tomato, and scrambled eggs. Elaine had scrambled eggs on smoked salmon. All good. You know you want some of that pudding!
Then it was off to Donegal and our new house for a week. We took our time, stopping at various points along the way to enjoy the scenery.
First stop was in Inishcrone (or sometimes spelled Enniscrone in English), a popular family vacation spot. As you can tell from the crowd, vacations haven’t started yet.
Next stop was at Easkey Pier which just happens to be the surfing capital of Ireland. The waves weren’t huge today, but there was no shortage of surfers in the water.
A little further on we stopped at another spot where lots of women were going into or coming out of the water. Hearty souls, the Irish. One woman reported the water as “cold but invigorating”.
We had a brief stop at Aughris Point where there was a great pub for lunch, but it was too early. More surfers in the water.
We whisked right through a busy Sligo to get on to County Donegal. We hadn’t planned on stopping at all in Donegal Town, the capital of County Donegal, but we did stop to have lunch at 2:00 pm. We ate at the Harbour Restaurant and Bar. We chose it because it was close to the parking spot we found. They were getting busy to host several confirmation parties, but we managed to get a great fish and chips lunch (with mushy peas). It was perfectly cooked. Elaine had her usual Smithwick’s (full pint, Kris!) and I opted for a Rockport Lager. Guinness and driving long distances don’t mix.
It was close to another hour before we approached Dungloe. Finding our house took some doing. I had the exact coordinates for the house, and Fiona on the GPS (SatNav) found it without fail, but we sure went down some minor roads to get there. House pictures will be forthcoming in a future post. We found the keys, unloaded the car, and then headed into Dungloe, about a six minute drive, to get some groceries. Then we had cocktails sitting outside followed by a small dinner of crackers and cheese. We were still full from the fish and chips.
Finally, here is a bonus lamb picture for Cindy.
What a beautiful drive from Dingle to Donegal. Great ocean views. I love that bench you were sitting on, Elaine.
It looks like you have a great view at your house in Dungloe, judging from the pic of your cracker and cheese dinner. Full from lunch, I’d still be full from that huge breakfast. Can’t wait to see more photos of the place.
Cindy, hope you had a grand time at the graduation. Congrats.
Thank you Joe/Elaine for the congrats to Faith and Grace. They worked hard. Also thank you Sue, we really did enjoy it all. Hard to believe we have grandchildren graduating from college. Joe, love the pics but you know my favorites are the ocean, baby lambs, food and of course, you and Elaine. Just to let you know, Phoenix is very, very hot. Much cooler in Flagstaff.
The Harbour…my kind of bar!