Leaving Kerry, Heading to Donegal

Second to last day in Caherdaniel, Co. Kerry

After many days in a row of cloud, fog, and rain, the sun came out on the afternoon of our last day. This shot is from the top of the driveway, the roof of the house is on the right.

The house was not big, but it had a very efficient use of space and was very comfortable. Goodbye, Beach View House, we are sad to leave you!

Down the hill for one last trip to the beach.

Colleen’s jellyfish

Sean and Bobby looking for the tiny fish that hide in the sand

Sand art

Saturday morning we packed up and headed north to Mountcharles, Co Donegal, about 7.5 hours away. Here’s a good shot of driving on the left side. Notice the lack of barrier on the side of the road, over which is a very steep cliff down to the ocean. This was on the Ring of Kerry, just outside of Caherdaniel, but luckily the roads further north (once out of Kerry) were much easier driving. We even got to do about 100 miles on the motorway, that was a treat!

Our car gets amazing gas mileage. Even after a 7.5 hour trip (about 300 miles), we still have a little over half a tank of gas! The tank holds about 55 liters, so half is about 27.5 liters, or 7.26 gallons, which equates to 41 mpg for our 300 mile trip.

We arrived safely at about 6pm and then found dinner at a nice Italian restaurant in Donegal town, just a few minutes away. Passed these lovely flowers on our walk from the car to the restaurant. The best news of all is that there is a Lidl right in town, and I don’t need to drive 45 minutes any more 🙂 Pictures of the house and town in the next post!