We tried Salt and Pepper in Holland a couple years ago when they opened and were in the paper. We couldn’t tolerate the 1 1/2 hour wait. We finally got around to trying it again in May 2011. Except we…
We have stopped at this new place a couple of times in the past but the wait was too long. Friday night we got there around 6 PM and it hadn’t quite filled up yet. This place is in an…
Hoh Rainforest Next morning is here already. Gotta go!! Quick breakfast and down the road to the Hoh Rainforest. We got going so early we had to wait for the Ranger Information office to open. We decided to skip the…
This morning we opted for the lodge dining room. Good choice. Linda and I shared a 3 egg omelet, with a variety of tasty ingredients and an order of French toast, with sauteed bananas, mascarpone cheese and blackberry compote. Dessert…
Middleton Very Rare We are at the airport and it’s incredible that our time in Ireland is already finished ! As we went through the Duty Free s hops, I remembered that one of my friends, Jean Thomas, told me I…
Wow. Our last day in Ireland. Hard to believe that over two weeks have flown by already. Over some feeble objections from the womenfolk, Aaron lobbied for one more castle stop. Trim Castle in the town of (you guessed it)…
Sadly we are winding down the trip. One of the required tourist stops is to spend a night in a castle, so we are heading to Kilronan Castle tonight one the way back to Dublin. It is a lot of…
Road Trip around the Olympic peninsula A professional 3 day meeting in Settle prompted pre-meeting 3 day vacation on the Olympic peninsula. We were a bit lat making reservations for the 3 nights we had to spend on the Olympic…
Martina, the B and B proprietor is pleasant, but not very talkative. Hospitality seems to be more necessity than passion. However, the coffee was great and the full Irish breakfast was good. The objective today is The Burren. It is…
We did our now traditional late start again today. Not a bad tradition, really. Stella is not a morning person, so she was happy to make breakfast around 9. This morning it is potato (that stereotype of Ireland is accurate)…
Salt and Pepper Pub
We tried Salt and Pepper in Holland a couple years ago when they opened and were in the paper. We couldn’t tolerate the 1 1/2 hour wait. We finally got around to trying it again in May 2011. Except we…
Brewery Vivant
We have stopped at this new place a couple of times in the past but the wait was too long. Friday night we got there around 6 PM and it hadn’t quite filled up yet. This place is in an…
Day Three – Hoh Rainforest and Sol Duc Hotsprings
Hoh Rainforest Next morning is here already. Gotta go!! Quick breakfast and down the road to the Hoh Rainforest. We got going so early we had to wait for the Ranger Information office to open. We decided to skip the…
Olympic Peninsula Day Two – Kalaloch
This morning we opted for the lodge dining room. Good choice. Linda and I shared a 3 egg omelet, with a variety of tasty ingredients and an order of French toast, with sauteed bananas, mascarpone cheese and blackberry compote. Dessert…
Final Post- VAT tax and Middleton Very Rare
Middleton Very Rare We are at the airport and it’s incredible that our time in Ireland is already finished ! As we went through the Duty Free s hops, I remembered that one of my friends, Jean Thomas, told me I…
Day Fifteen and Sixteen – Trim Castle and Dublin
Wow. Our last day in Ireland. Hard to believe that over two weeks have flown by already. Over some feeble objections from the womenfolk, Aaron lobbied for one more castle stop. Trim Castle in the town of (you guessed it)…
Day Fourteen – Kilronan Castle
Sadly we are winding down the trip. One of the required tourist stops is to spend a night in a castle, so we are heading to Kilronan Castle tonight one the way back to Dublin. It is a lot of…
Day One- Quinault
Road Trip around the Olympic peninsula A professional 3 day meeting in Settle prompted pre-meeting 3 day vacation on the Olympic peninsula. We were a bit lat making reservations for the 3 nights we had to spend on the Olympic…
Day Thirteen – The Burren
Martina, the B and B proprietor is pleasant, but not very talkative. Hospitality seems to be more necessity than passion. However, the coffee was great and the full Irish breakfast was good. The objective today is The Burren. It is…
Day Twelve- Cliffs of Moher and Doolin
We did our now traditional late start again today. Not a bad tradition, really. Stella is not a morning person, so she was happy to make breakfast around 9. This morning it is potato (that stereotype of Ireland is accurate)…