Tim Tam and Patty: Ring of Kerry & Skellig Ring to West Cork Routes

Have you ever wondered how people can put on so many kilometers in one day? Yesterday we put on over 400 kilometers worth of driving on the Ring of Kerry and the Skellig Ring but the views we got to witness were so worth the driving. We took a de-tour (Thanks to Tam) down towards the Gap of Dunloe where we took a jaunting car experience down through the valley passed Echo Lake, Purple Mountain and our last stop through the Gap of Dunloe. The view was absolutely breath-taking, even brought tears to Mom and Tam's eyes that is how amazing the view was. Scooby-Doo our horse who carried us through to the Gap of Dunloe sure did work hard and it was a very nice experience to be part of. After we enjoyed the 2 hour jaunting-car experience we jumped back into the car and looked at the beautiful scenery along the way of the Ring of Kerry. We got to the ferry to head to the Skellig Ring, where Tam did an amazing job of driving onto the ferry to the Island. It was Tam's first time ever driving on a ferry and she was a professional at it. We stopped at the Skelling Interpretation Centre but could not get to the Skellig Islands as it was booked up until Saturday so we continued our drive along the coast. It was amazing to see land and the ocean couldn't have been a better view. We stopped at a place along the road where you could see the most beautiful cliffs in Kerry and the Skellig Islands which were very close at this point. We met a very nice Scottish man who took our picture and was going to charge us €40 for the picture. We sure did give him a laugh. After we enjoyed the amazing view we drove more along the coast and more and more until we came back to the Point of the Ring of Kerry. We stopped a couple more times along the way and finally made it back to our hostel around 11:15pm. Were we ever exhausted after being on the road for over 12 hours! We had no problem sleeping at all! But had an amazing day!
Today we headed to the West Cork Route where we stopped in a small town to view a very large Model Train Village. Tam's Dad, Keith would of loved it! The had the small villages around the area, an old military base and trains going outside and through the villages. After we jumped back in the car to head to Galley Head where we were going to see a Lighthouse. But once we arrived close to Galley Head we were not allowed to go any further. Tam was pretty bummed out but will look for another lighthouse we can hopefully see the inside of. We did enjoy a short walk to the cliffs though near the Lighthouse where Tam's Mom made a new friend. A cute black laborador puppy who wanted Mom to play fetch with her. After we got back in the car and headed to the small village of Baltimore to wander through the Pirate Castle and see where the Pirates were in the area. That was the end of our trail and we made the 1 1/2hour tour back to the hostel where we made a delicious stir-fry for supper. We cannot believe that tomorrow we are off to Galway, the adventure just keeps getting better and better!