Climb every mountain...

We started the day be going to Gleninchaquin Park, just south of Kenmare on the Beara Peninsula. We started out on a normal, narrow road but turned off onto a really narrow gravel road which took us first to a stone circle near a lake. It was quite beautiful, and we walked around for a bit, avoiding the sheep shit and taking in the views. Dan will be posting those photos, since I left my camera in the car. We continued on to the actual park, which is a working farm in a valley full of (you guessed it) sheep. There were some adorable little lambs, which Cody said would be good with mint sauce. :(

So the way the game at the park is played is that you choose one of six walking paths around the farm area. There's a beautiful waterfall, and one of the walks is called "Over the Falls," 115 minutes. Sign us up for that one. The nice Irish dude described the route, and off we went across the field, less worried about stepping into sheep shit, since it was everywhere. Here are some photos of the places that we saw on our little two-hour jaunt up a freaking mountain:

Dan's photos will be much better. I couldn't catch a shot that would show just how high up we climbed, but it was high. I think that Dan said that it was 600-something feet. I'm guessing that the two men working the reception area lay bets on who will and who won't finish a trek. Well by God, someone lost a bet on this fat, White woman because I made it on this Grade 4 (whatever that means) hike over the falls. Anyway, Dan and I both took an Aleve as soon as we got back to the car, in hopes of staving off the stiffening muscles that are sure to follow tonight's sleep

After a late lunch in Kenmare, we headed back to the B&B after strolling through some shops in the village. We took a quick detour to an old church with (of course) a graveyard, which was mostly overgrown and sadly unattended. There was this particular monument, which was behind an iron fence with steps that led nowhere:

I love cemeteries, but this one was sad. 

Upon getting back to the B&B, young Cody decided to empty his digestive system. Poor Bear! We are hoping that he's gotten rid of whatever it was and feels much better tomorrow. We may get some rain as we head north to the Kilarney National Park and then to the Dingle Peninsula.