Author: Heather

We spent a wonderful yet emotional weekend seeing the historical locations of D-Day. This was a Boy Scout event but was opened to all scouts of all nationalities. This year
is 70th anniversary of D-Day. We camped on the cliffs overlooking Omaha Beach. We visited Utah Beach, Pointe Du Hoc, and Omaha Beach. We laid flowers on graves in the American Military Cemetery. Heather’s grandfather’s (Carl Huff) and great uncle’s (Harold Marvin) units came ashore at Utah Beach after D-Day. The 157th and the 166th Engineering Company. Don’t know if they actually crossed the beach but it was moving to think they might have been there. We changed our plans on the return trip and took the ferry out of Cherbourg so we could see where Mark’s uncle’s (James Sowma) unit, the 79th Infantry, helped to liberate the city.

Enjoying our epic road trip of Ireland. Trip was delayed a few hours by rough sea so we stopped by South Stack Lighthouse in Holyhead, Wales. We wanted to hike the 824 steps there and back but the wind was too strong so maybe on the return. On Monday we hiked to the Carrick-a-rede rope bridge, walked upon the Giants Causeway and toured Dunluce Castle. On Tuesday we travelled to Galway stopping at the Marble Arch Caves. On Wednesday we walked along the Cliffs of Moher before heading to Killarney. On Thursday we hiked into the Gap of Dunloe then drive thru the gap which is a one lane road not much different from the road to our house. We also hiked up to the Torc Waterfall. Beautiful country.