In less than an hour I will be leaving the house and will go to SeaTac airport via bus and light rail to catch a plane to Dublin.
Derek and I are going to spend some time in Dublin and then hike (hill walk to use the local, Irish vernacular) for three days on the Wicklow Way, the Republic of Ireland’s longest trail (we only do a portion).
9/1 – flight to Dublin, land on 9/2.
9/2 – spend the night near the Connolly train station, see whatever sights we can in about a half day.
9/3 – train from Connolly to the town of Rathdrum, where we stay in our first Hillwalk Tours B&B.
9/4 – B&B personnel will drive us to Iron Bridge, the start of our Wicklow Way hill walk. We will walk to the vicinity of Glendalough, the town of Laragh, to stay in a B&B there.
9/5 – Get back on the Wicklow Way and walk to the town of Enniskerry, where we stay overnight.
9/6 – Again back on Wicklow Way and hike to the northern terminus of the Wicklow Way in Marlay Park, south Dublin.
9/7 – We are extending the trip an extra day by staying at our last Hillwalk Tours hotel.
9/8 – Check out of hotel, get to airport to fly back to Seattle.
More detail on our route:
https://www.hillwalktours.com/hiking-ireland/wicklow-mountains-5-day-challenging-hike
As always before an overseas trip I am a bit hyper and nervous, but Derek and I are both looking forward to what will almost certainly be an incredible journey.
I will be posting pics and info here when I get back.