Rocks, Rocks, and More Rocks

by Steve Templeton

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Rocks, Rocks, and More Rocks

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Steve Templeton

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What does one do with more rocks than you can shake a stick at? Build fences, of course! It sort of makes my back hurt to think of the man-hours expended to bend down and pick up all the rocks it took to build all these fences. But, it is a genius solution to a problem, and is very picturesque to boot!

My wife & I, along with her sister, took a week long vacation to Dingle Island, Ireland. This wasn't our ordinary trip, in that it was a " 2 boot walking tour." 2 boots is a way to describe the difficulty of the hiking. (2 boots is harder than 1 boot, but not as hard as 3 boots.) We hiked all over Dingle Island with day packs, and the tour guides would shuffle our luggage each day to a new B&B further down the trail. We dined sumptuously each night in a local restaurant, and there is more than one bar in Ireland to quench your thirst. Each successive day of the 5 day trip got a bit more difficult, as we walked further each day, and had a higher elevation gain each day as well. By day 5, several of our group had fallen out. It was a lovely country, filled with lovely people, and we'd love to return.

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July 6th, 2022

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