Ireland 2014:26 Giant's Causeway |
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Giant's Causeway From the bus going to the causeway. You can walk if you're young and active, but we weren't. |
Giant's Causeway It's very pretty, and wild. |
Giant's Causeway A very rocky bay. |
Giant's Causeway This is the beginning of the causeway. We didn't go any further along the coast. |
Giant's Causeway The rocky litter in the foreground consists of bits of the basalt columns. |
Giant's Causeway Some of the unbroken columns. Others, further along, are up to 40 feet tall. |
Giant's Causeway Marty picking his way along the rocky front of this hill. |
Giant's Causeway A good view of the columns, and Marty's hand. |
Giant's Causeway Lots of people wanted to climb on top of the columns at the edge of the sea. |
Giant's Causeway Dolores was one of them, carefully working her way across the broken stone. |
Giant's Causeway It was not easy. |
Giant's Causeway She finally gave up, and took a safer route. |
Giant's Causeway What the top looks like. |
Giant's Causeway Dolores about to join them. |
Giant's Causeway Checking to make sure we get pictures. |
Giant's Causeway Getting close. |
Giant's Causeway Very nearly there. |
Giant's Causeway Almost up. |
Giant's Causeway Hurray! She made it! |
Giant's Causeway And took a short break. |
Giant's Causeway Well, not that short. |
Giant's Causeway Dolores coming back the long way around. |
Giant's Causeway Marty, happy to have been here. |
Giant's Causeway Marty climbing down, Dolores climbing up. |
Giant's Causeway Another hillside by the bay. |
Giant's Causeway Looking out at another point. |
Giant's Causeway A close-up of that point. |
On the Road We saw this when we made a rest stop. |