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| Day 1, we definitely saw more
sheep than people in Ireland |
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| Day 1 - 4:00 - We stop in a
village at a pub - Tony and Aoife sponge down the horses |
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| Tony loads Ollie at the end of
Day 1 - to meet us the following morning (Mom checks out the lorry) |
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| Terry! our driver, Irish
guide, friend, and helper holds Simba in front of Blessington Lake |
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| Riding out of town, morning
Day 2 (Barbara and Tanya) |
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| Day 2 - afternoon |
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| Mom doing her stretches on
Simba |
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| Lunch in the forest - Day 2
(me, Mom, Barbara, Tanya, Aoife) |
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| Mom and I on Lacey and Bonnie
- Day 3 |
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| After riding all day Wednesday
we rested up Glenmalure Lodge - probably out favorite spot of the trip |
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| Mom on Simba waiting for Aoife
to close the gate |
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| Day 4, headed for the
heather-topped mountains |
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| The view of the
heather from Bonnie - Day 4 |
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| Mom and Barbara |
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| Nikki and Talula
avoiding a soft patch in the bog |
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| Aoife took this
picture of Mom, me, Barbara and Nikki |
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| Lacey overlooking
the upper lake, Glendalough |
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| Getting closer to
Glendalough
village |
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| Following Nikki in
Glendalough |
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| Talula, Lacey,
Simba and Bonnie after a night's rest - Day 5 |
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| Following Aoife
out of town into the mountains, Day 5 |
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| Sheep dotted hills
- Day 5 |
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| Day 5 - I could
never get enough pictures of the gorse! |