A Family & Travel Blog
County Donegal, Ireland – August 15-18, 2024 In 1970, at the age of three, Ken made his first trip from Chicago back “home” to Donegal. We say “home” because for his parents, Patrick and Eileen, County Donegal in Ireland was…
🎶 On the Road Again…🎶 This is the current situation!!! The TPMS never alarmed. We just noticed that the air pressures were getting kind of high so we pulled over to drop some pressure on all the tires and found…
It was an Up With People reunion that brought us to Limerick. 40 years ago Chris traveled with a group of 125 from 13 different countries for a year and a half staying with host families in the US, Canada…
Bus trip / Ferry ride to Inis Oirr and the Cliffs of Moher- We grabbed a quick bite of breakfast and coffee at the University of Limerick and then hopped on the bus taking us on another fantastic outing! First…
Bus trip to Killarney – We grabbed a quick breakfast and headed to the scheduled bus pick-up point with 40-some others who signed up for one of the many day tours offered by the Up With People Ireland reunion crew.…
Phase 2 of our “Journey of a Lifetime” brought us to the city of London, England. We were here for a total of 36 hours! We bought a two-day pass with “City Tours,” which allowed us to do a Thames…
This is another photo dump. In this dump, we show you different places around the Queen Mary 2 Ocean liner. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask. We took the time to make sure that we put a…
Transatlantic Crossing This isn’t just a “cruise” for me. This is part of honoring the memory of my parents, Patrick & Eileen. In May of 1955 they emmigrated to the United States for a chance at a better life for…
Prayers requested- Update- 1650 By the grace of God and an incredibly skilled helicopter pilot, and master of this ship, the patient was airlifted off of the top deck of the ship. Then a Canadian Coast Guard cutter approached the…
Today is the big day! We board the Cunard Queen Mary 2 Oceanliner. We will travel from New York to Southampton, England over the next NINE days!! Our boarding time is at 2:00pm. We waled from the Lodge at Red…
The trip of a lifetime has begun! On Wednesday morning we left Chicago and arrived in New York City around mid-day. We Uber’d from LaGuardia Airport to “The Lodge at Red Hook” on the south side of Brooklyn, just a…
It’s not all fun and games!! Today we had to get the RV and truck ready for storage while we are out of the country for the next month. This meant a deep clean of the holding tanks and emptying…
