the davenports: day 14 – cliffs of moher

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

day 14 – cliffs of moher

Our last full day in Ireland dawned grey, cloudy, and with quite a bit of rain. Our only plan for the day was to see the Cliffs of Moher aka the Cliffs of Insanity from Princess Bride. We’d wanted to attempt something new and take a boat to see the cliffs from a different perspective but unfortunately the weather wholly precluded that plan.

But we went anyway. You can’t go to Ireland without seeing the Cliffs.

Besides they’d completely revamped the place since the last time I’d been there and it was all still under construction the last time my parents had been there so we had to check it out.

Um, it was a little foggy.

bundled up against the chill but it wasn’t raining – yet.

Brian’s Tower in the distance.

And it was a little wet.

So that’s when we decided to peruse the visitor’s center (not in existence when I was there), have lunch and hang out. Will and I finished our postcards. And miraculously, the weather cleared so Will and I went back out for more pictures.

See that expanse of blank rock – kind of like a platform above – you used to be able to walk right up to the edge and peer over. You can’t do that anymore.

There are also very strict signs about the end of the path as well.

I got out the telephoto for a few.

We’d left Mom and Dad in the cafe but she came out and was taking a picture of us. She thought she was being sly but we caught her and took one of her.

interesting wood carving

We had to get a picture of my dad with this sign since “safe home” is one of his oft used phrases.
Just one of the many new warning signs.