Author: <span>Thomas M Baurley</span>

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

10 July 2024
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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.

Holiday Inn – Red Bluff, CA

10 July 2024
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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.

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

10 June 2024
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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.

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

13 May 2024
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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.

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

29 March 2024
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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.

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

28 March 2024
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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.

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

24 March 2024
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A Lord of the Rings inspired pub/bar/cafe in downtown Killarney, county 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

6 March 2024
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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

Dun Beag Fort (Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry)

6 March 2024
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In Irish this means "Little Fort". It is a triangular shaped promontory fort measuring 35m along its western side atop the 30 m high cliffs on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry with distinctive rows of defences and panoramic views over the Dingle Bay of Valentia Island and the Skellig Isles.

Mass Rock, Pike Woods, County Kerry, Ireland. Monday, 18 December 2023. Adventures in County Cork and County Kerry, Ireland. Photos by Thomas Baurley, Techno Tink Media.

Pike Wood / Mass Rock – County Kerry

19 February 2024
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Mass Rocks: Generally, a "Mass Rock" was used as an altar in the mid-17th century for Catholic masses in Ireland and Scotland or regions where the Protestants persecuted the Catholics. In Irish they were called Carraig an Aifrinn.