The Spirit of Killaloe

The weather was predicted cloudy, but warm and dry, so after an early lunch we took the kids to the playground. Jeff kept saying the playground looked different, but as we left he realized the only thing different were how much bigger the kids were versus the last time he'd been there.

From the playground, we went to Flanagan's for a late lunch/snack. We ate outside and the kids ran around in the grass. As we finished eating, the local river/Lough Derg cruise pulled in to dock. I ran down to ask if they had openings and they did. I've set up so many of my visitors on this cruise, but had never been myself.  It worked out perfectly.  The boat wasn't too crowded and they were running the bigger of their two boats. The kids had a great time, though I think their favorite part was the pump-flush on the toilet in the head. LOL.

Adele spent a LONG time letting me push her, and her kitty-cat, in this basket

Walt took his kitty-cat zip lining 

Gordon kept his baby kitty-cat close by

Adele even sent her kitty down the slide a few times.

Silly boy, Walter

Adele spent a long time with Dad on the zip line. Jeff said she was almost doing it by herself.

Dad and Gordon having a deep discussion

Every time we go to the playground, Walt has to work up the nerve to go across the rope bridges.

I just love this photo of two of my monkeys

Waiting for the river cruise to start

We take off from the Ballina side of the river

So much green! There were swans in little hidden areas all along the river, and then more when we got into Lough Derg

Adele checking out the water.

This is a panoramic I took when we moved from the river onto Lough Derg. If you click on the photo, it should take you to the bigger one on photo bucket. 

The cruise was about an hour long. For the first half hour, the kids were content to explore. The second half hour, they started just playing games, pretending to be cats and horses, like they do at home.

About 45 minutes in, Walter decided he was ready to go home. He didn't complain or whine, which is unusual, but he kept asking when we could go home.

A great photo Jeff took of Adele looking at the historic bridge and St Flannan's cathedral as we came back into town.

They played Irish music along with a commentary over the loudspeaker. Naturally, Gordon decided this meant he must dance.