Wednesday, July 02, 2003

We are back from Scotland and Ireland and had a great time there. I didn't get a chance to meet up with Rob since our schedule was very compressed, although it appears we were in Killarney and Dublin the same time that Rob and Laura were there. The picture above is from the northern most point of Ireland at a place called Malin Head. I've got about 300 digital pictures to sort through and will post more as I get time. We stayed in Glasgow, Aviemore, and Edinburgh in Scotland and then took a ferry over to Northern Ireland where we visited Bangor, Belfast, Londonderry and a host of other smaller towns. Then we went down into the Republic of Ireland where we stayed in Galway, Killarney, and finally Dublin. After the tour was over, Terri and I rented a car and drove down to Killkenny and visited with my relatives for a few days. The weather was exceptional with just a little rain and lots of sunshine with spectacular scenery. Terri's mom became ill about half way through the trip and was having trouble breathing. She spent a few nights in the hospital in Omagh recovering from fluid on her lungs. She met up with us again in Dublin and was feeling better and she returned to the U.S. with Terri's aunt and uncle who were also on the tour. She's back in the hospital in PA now undergoing some tests. As most of you know, she had undergone chemo and radiation for cancer over the past 6 months and was okay when we left, but began feeling ill after we'd been touring. We're hoping for the best and that they can figure out the source of her respiratory problems.

We just got back to Colorado last night after traveling for nearly 24 hours, making 4 connections en route and now we need a vacation to recover from the vacation .

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