Turquoise Beach

by Steve Templeton

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Turquoise Beach

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Steve Templeton

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The tour operator of our guided walk offered everyone a free trip back to Dingle Island next year if the operator chose one of the pictures you took while on your trip for their marketing campaign. I just knew this one would win, but it didn't. :-) Still, not a bad picture though, huh? We went swimming when we finally got down to this beach, and brother, it was COLD!

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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