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Valley View Hot Springs – Orient Land Trust (Colorado)
Orient Land Trust / Valley View Hot Springs (http://www.technogypsie.com/reviews/?p=164); near Moffat, Colorado. New Life in Colorado: Chronicle 26 - Chronicles of Sir Thomas Leaf and Prince Cian. Adventures in Colorado. Photos taken February 2017. To read the adventures, visit http://www.technogypsie.com/chronicles/?p=21965. To read reviews, visit: www.technogypsie.com/reviews. All photos and articles (c) 2017 Technogypsie.com - by Leaf McGowan and Thomas Baurley. All rights reserved. www.technogypsie.com/photography

Valley View Hot Springs – Orient Land Trust (Colorado)

This fantastic Land Trust is dedicated to preserving natural resources, wildlife habitat, open space, and historic and geologic features of the northern San Luis Valley for the enjoyment of current and future generations.

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Holiday Inn & Suites : Anaheim (1 Blk/Disneyland®)

Walking Distance to Downtown Disney - This Holiday Inn is a Disneyland Neighbor Hotel and only a (long) block away from Disneyland Main Street (you have to wrap around Pixar and pass around Disney Hotel). Good exercise at an approximate 15 minute walk. From there you can jump on the Monorail or walk downtown tot the gates of Disneyland or California Adventure. Parking is convenient, but not necessarily more affordable than parking at Disneyland. Parking at Disneyland offers a ride to the front gates. They do offer (for a cost) front door transit with Anaheim Resort Transit (ART) directly to the front gates. The hotel has easy on/off access to I-5 and is literally just behind Disneyland parkade. They have a heated outdoor pool with cavana service window, Whirlpool, and a Splash pad for the kids. Breakfast is not free, is available for extra charge - but the food is great as it is serviced by Onyx Restaurant and Bar. They have a good business center and 24-hour fitness center. WiFi is decent, though experienced some down time watching movies during our two-night stay.

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Holiday Inn – Red Bluff, CA

This Holiday Inn Express is an easy on-off of I-5 travelling North or South in Northern California. A modern hotel near infamous tourist attraction Mount Shasta. The hotel is non-smoking, has shade/snow structures for parking, a hot breakfast buffet with pancakes, indoor pool, whirlpool, business center, fitness area, wired and wireless high-speed internet. Great spot for tourist visitation of Win-River and Rolling Hills Casino, Mount Shasta, Shasta, Weed, Redding, Sacramento, Chico, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Lake Tahoe, Reno, Redwood National Park, and Shasta National Park.

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Tiveragh Fairy Hill (Cushendall)
Tiveragh Hill / Fairy Hill of Cushendall, Northern Ireland.

Tiveragh Fairy Hill (Cushendall)

Legend and lore have it that this very broad-sided hill with steep sides overlooking the small village of Cushendall in Northern Ireland is the gateway to Tir na nOg. A place very well known locally to be haunted by faeries, leprechauns, elves, and pixies ... this giant hill is a natural fortress all on its own and easily seen to be claimed as a stronghold by the fae.

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Hag of Beara Stone
Cailleach Bherra, Hag of Beara, stone ritual site, ring of Beara, county Kerry, Ireland. Tuesday, 19 December 2023. Adventures in County Kerry, Ireland. Photos by Thomas Baurley, Techno Tink Media.

Hag of Beara Stone

the infamous “Hag of Beara” stone – also known as An Chailleach Bhéara or the White nun of Beara, The Cailleach, “Hag”, “Old Crone”, or Old Woman of Dingle. In Irish lore, she is known as the Cally Berry or Cailleach Bheara.  

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Ballycrovane Ogham Stone of Beara
The Ogham Stone, ring of Beara, county Kerry, Ireland. Tuesday, 19 December 2023. Adventures in County Kerry, Ireland. Photos by Thomas Baurley, Techno Tink Media.

Ballycrovane Ogham Stone of Beara

The monument is a carved thin pillar-stone tall granite standing stone with an estimated age of over 2,000 years before the present. It is across the Ballycrovane Quay / Kenmare Bay from the Hag of Beara along the Ring of Beara on the Beara Peninsula.

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Uragh Stone Circle and Famine Cottage
The Uragh Stone Circle, Ring of Kerry, Kerry County, Ireland. Tuesday, 19 December 2023. Adventures in County Kerry, Ireland. Photos by Thomas Baurley, Techno Tink Media.

Uragh Stone Circle and Famine Cottage

While driving the Ring of Kerry and the Ring of Beara, I spied on the maps a stone circle known as Uragh, so I decided to give it a gander. After a twisty country lane drive into the hills and farmlands, following signs to the off-the-map destination, I came to the gate—opened it up—and drove on in. Crossing a raging river with scenic overlooks of lakes and an astounding waterfall in the distance, the site was nothing more than enchanting.

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The Gap of Dunloe
The Gap of Dunloe, Ring of Kerry, Kerry county, Ireland. Tuesday, 19 December 2023. Adventures in County Kerry, Ireland. Photos by Thomas Baurley, Techno Tink Media.

The Gap of Dunloe

Named after the River Loe that runs through it, the "Gap of Dunloe" is derived from the Irish "Dún Lóich," meaning 'Lóich's stronghold' or "gap of the little hollow." This narrow mountain pass was forged by glaciers during the last ice age 25,000 years ago.

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The Shire, Killarney, Co Kerry, Eire
The Shire bar and cafe, Killarney, Kerry, Ireland. Lord of the Rings inspired. Monday, 18 December 2023. Adventures in County Kerry, Ireland. Photos by Thomas Baurley, Techno Tink Media.

The Shire, Killarney, Co Kerry, Eire

A Lord of the Rings inspired pub/bar/cafe in downtown Killarney, county Kerry, Ireland.

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The Fairy-Go-Round Ring Fort, Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Fairy go Round / Fairy Ring Fort, Dingle Peninsula, Ireland. Monday, 18 December 2023. Adventures in County Cork and County Kerry, Ireland. Photos by Thomas Baurley, Techno Tink Media.

The Fairy-Go-Round Ring Fort, Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry, Ireland

A tourist-attraction with a petting farm, this privately owned attraction is 10 km west of Dingle in the parish of Kilvickadownig. Its along the world famous Slea Head Drive.  This Ring fort, also known as a "Rath", "Lios", or "Fairy Fort" is a circular ancient pre-Celtic settlement

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