We were out the door and off to the next adventure by 9:30 a.m. I had always wanted to see Dingle and it's peninsula, maybe because I read Lindbergh's book about crossing the Atlantic and that is where he came into Europe. Or, maybe, I just wanted to see where "dingle berries" originated . . . maybe not. By doing this route, we also killed another bird, we didn't have to go on the next peninsula east, the Ring of Kerry peninsula. The Ring of Kerry is a near mandatory tourist route. Every bus that was ever born in Ireland lugs wide eyed tourists along this route causing all kinds of traffic jams for a day. Sorry, we'll pass on fighting the tourist buses that are full of tourists. We went down the Dingle Peninsula and saw only one large tourist bus and only a couple of 20 passenger buses. From what we have been told, the scenery is about the same as the Ring of Kerry. Again, I tricked the GPS with some false way points and, again, she took us along roads that were barely cow paths. On one 9 kilometer stretch over a "mountain" pass we did not see one car! We did see some confused sheep and one farmer that looked at us like we were the village idiots but in return we saw sights that few, if any, tourists ever would see.

The town of Dingle is a cute little place . A tourist town of course, but in late September the number of tourists is not too bad. We wandered around Dingle after our "over hill, over dale" adventure, then returned after our "peninsula" adventure for an early dinner on our way home. We drove the peninsula in a figure eight with Dingle in the crossing point. So, from the end of the peninsula at Slea Head, all roads lead to Dingle if you want to get home. By the way, Slea Head is worth the drive in itself.  

Enroute, we stopped at the Celtic and Prehistoric Museum which has Ireland's only intact Wooly Mammoth skull. We also saw a stone fort and a preserved village from the potato famine days (1840's). The Irish peasants lived a little better than the Stone Age, but not much during those times. And, of course, we saw plenty of fabulous scenery!

A great day was had by all!