Last Weekend in Dingle

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Our 2 months in Dingle are almost over. We leave on Thursday morning, so we made the most of the last weekend. Luckily, the weather cooperated.

The first thing the kids wanted to do was one last Friday afternoon of rock climbing, so that was where we started. Thank you, Steve and Roy, for 2 months of climbing adventures!

(Nora is in blue, Kelly in gray on the left; Bobby is in red and Colleen in maroon on the right.)

Saturday we went into town to do some souvenir shopping. Many of the stores have been closed for the season since we arrived, but some reopened on Friday. There were crowds of people, lots of tourist buses, etc. Must be a school holiday.

In the middle of our shopping, we stopped to share a few banana and nutella crepes from the crepe man. The kids were so excited that he was finally open!

After our shopping adventure, we went for a really long walk. It was such a beautiful day!

One of our neighbors down the street.

More neighbors! They are very friendly.

Nora stopped at every flower along the way. She was so happy picking dandelions and smelling them that her face was all yellow by the end! Thank goodness she doesn’t have allergies.

Almost sunset by the cove, and the tide was coming in fast. We could actually see the water rising as we stood there.

In just a few minutes, the sandbar was covered.

Happy faces and all looking at the camera, it’s a photographic miracle! Now if only the oldest 3 were with us! This is my new favorite picture 🙂

Can you see the tracks? A car could drive from the road at the bottom of our hill and keep going right into the water! I think in the summer people come here for fishing.

Nora found a bone of some kind and was indignant that I could not identify it. She decided to become a scientist when she grows up so she can identify bones, and nicely asked me to hold onto said bone until she is ready!

Sunday was a little quieter. We went to Mass and then to the movies to see How to Train Your Dragon 3. This time, I think the theater had their heat on! We were able to take our coats off and our toes weren’t frozen at the end of the movie.

Stay tuned for Monday’s adventure. I’m not going to give it away, but it will be good!