Cliffs of Moher

Some of the 40 shades of green that make up Ireland

Ruins at every turn

Galway Bay

Lots of Celtic crosses

Taking a hike through the Burren to see the flora and fauna . . .

. . . which included the limestone landscape . . .

. . . a wild Irish rose . . .

. . . and a wild Irish, um, donkey.

Bikes lined up at our lunch stop

Poulnaborne Dolmen in the Burren

Sheedy's was a charming and welcoming place to spend the night after a day in the saddle.

Irish jam session

Irish cows

Battling the locals for the road

Corcomroe Abbey

Biking the Aran island of Inishmore

Stone walls

Thatched-roof lunch stop

The cliffs near Dun Aengus on the Aran Islands

Twelve Pins mountains from Inishmore

Guide Josey takes some on a bike/hike to her favorite spot.