County Kerry

Today, my tour members and I took an early morning jaunting cart ride (this is basically a horse-drawn cart). It was an amazing way to see some of the sights around Killearny - especially their park. It was so tranquil and the scenery was absolutely gorgeous. What a perfect way to start the morning!

Me with some of my tour mates:

An adorable cottage (now a tea house):

Pretty view of the mist-covered hills:

A creek in the park:

I'm laughing because our horse, Billy, kept nuzzling up closer:

 

I also got to see an Irish shepherd do a demonstration with his herding dogs. It was beyond impressive how well they are trained. Each dog has a different set of signals for right, left, up, down, etc. He can control them by voice command or different whistles. That was really cool to see.

 

We also drove around the Ring of Kerry, which is beyond spectacular. Talk about a view! Unfortunately, what you see in person never quite seems to show up on film...

 

We did many other things, but I don't have the time to list them all now. We just got back to the hotel, and I am hungry! It was a really great day though. I am having the time of my life. Dad, you HAVE to get here. I keep thinking how much you would love everything I'm seeing and doing.