Weekend

Saturday, we hiked from Carcihveen (I know I spelled that wrong...) to Waterville. It was one of the more difficult legs we've hiked so far. I think it was only like 22 Km, so it was not the longest leg -  but there was a lot of really tricky terrain over which we had to hike and the weather was really cold, wet, and windy when we started. First, we hiked over several "hills" - it was really rocky in some areas, which was tricky because the rocks are really slippery when it is so wet. We also had to hike through several boggy areas. We really put our waterproof hikingboots to the test - and I am happy to say that they performed very well. Our feet were nice and warm and dry when we arrived at our B&B after 11+ hours of hiking. It cleared nicely later in the day, and it all paid off after we hiked to the top of Coomduff Mountain and were treated to beautiful views of the Atlantic. It was breathtaking, and everywhere we turned - it was just sweeping, majestic vistas.

Sunday, we took the day off and relaxed in Waterville. It is a very pretty little town and our B&B was right across the street from the ocean. Our room had an ocean view. :-)

Monday was a cool but sunny day and was perfect for our short 15 km hike from Waterville to Caherdaniel. Again, beautiful views, and we saw quite a few archeological sites as well...and we had a little run-in with some cattle that were lying in our path and refused to move. We really could not go around them b/c there was a steep hill on one side, and a small brooke on the other...so we freaked out like Billy Crystal on a cattle drive. :-) I finally called my dad (yes, I pulled out a cell phone in the middle of my big hike and called my dad - he used to farm, he knows about cows. LOL) He told me we should just slowly walk around them and they would move - which we did and they did. So, we survived the ferocious cows.

Today it rained, and rained, and rained, and rained. When we got to our B&B, we were soaked to the bone. We wore rain suits over three layers of clothes - we were still SOAKED. Again, our waterproof hiking boots did the job. I have NEVER seen so much water in my life - we hiked through vast amounts of mud and there were points at which we were literally hiking up a stream. (the hiking path had just turned into a small stream. When we arrived at our B&B (after our 7 hour hike in the rain) we were soaked - EXCEPT for our feet. Those boots are awesome. (and the wool socks with liners help too).

No, this is not a brooke, this is the "trail" we hiked today