Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?

Goofyernmost

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MinnieM123 said:
Back in my late teens, I went camping (only once) to a camp site up in New Hampshire. There were about 12 of us, and some pitched a tent and slept there. Others, like me, slept in cars. I figured if a bear strolled into camp, I'd be safer in a locked car. :rolleyes: :hilarious:
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About 5 years ago I wrote a small book about all my vacation experiences to share with my daughters and my grandkids. I swear in my youth every single trip was a nightmare. On our first trip we had a tent. Dad wanted to just drive around New England. One goal was to visit Boston where he went to airplane mechanic school during WWII and also where my Mother and Father got married during a one day pass back in 1942. They wanted to find the church and all they could remember was that it was near Fenway Park. Problem was he didn't know where that was located and damned if he was going to ask anybody for directions. We circled around Boston for hours and finally by accident, found it.

On the way there the plan was to stay in a campground just over the Vermont/Mass border for a few days. We had a car breakdown on the way delaying us for a few hours and got to the campground late and shortly after arrival it started to rain. We stuck it out, cold and wet for two days hoping for sunshine that never came. On the third morning it was still raining so we wrung things out the best we could and headed to Boston.

From Boston the next stop was Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine and a campground on Cadillac Mtn. On the map it was only about 3 inches from Boston to Bar Harbor but it was a lot of miles away. We didn't get there until after Midnight and the office to check into the campground was not to be found. As we wandered up the mountain we went around a bend in the road only to find a family of Bears casually crossing the road. That convinced my mother that none of use were ever going to leave the car until daylight less we all would look like a plump buffet for the Bears and their friends. We slept sitting up in the car until dawn when through the fog, Dad continued to make it to the top of the mountain and all we could see was the inside of a cloud. l believe it was at that point that my Mother made the command decision to head home. Our two week camping adventure lasted only 5 days and the tent became history. That also marked the beginning of the travel trailer obsession. I might add that was not the end of amazingly disasterous travel vacations that we endured in those childhood days. That was just the tip of the iceberg and the start of why I never got the fever. My thoughts were this, if I can't afford a hotel/motel then I can't afford to go. Hard stop!
 
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JenniferS

JenniferS

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Goofyernmost said:
About 5 years ago I wrote a small book about all my vacation experiences to share with my daughters and my grandkids. I swear in my youth every single trip was a nightmare. On our first trip we had a tent. Dad wanted to just drive around New England. One goal was to visit Boston where he went to airplane mechanic school during WWII and also where my Mother and Father got married during a one day pass back in 1942. They wanted to find the church and all they could remember was that it was near Fenway Park. Problem was he didn't know where that was located and damned if he was going to ask anybody for directions. We circled around Boston for hours and finally by accident, found it.

On the way there the plan was to stay in a campground just over the Vermont/Mass border for a few days. We had a car breakdown on the way delaying us for a few hours and got to the campground late and shortly after arrival it started to rain. We stuck it out, cold and wet for two days hoping for sunshine that never came. On the third morning it was still raining so we wrung things out the best we could and headed to Boston.

From Boston the next stop was Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor Maine and a campground on Cadillac Mtn. On the map it was only about 3 inches from Boston to Bar Harbor but it was a lot of miles away. We didn't get there until after Midnight and the office to check into the campground was not to be found. As we wandered up the mountain we went around a bend in the road only to find a family of Bears casually crossing the road. That convinced my mother that none of use were ever going to leave the car until daylight less we all would looking like a plump buffet for the Bears and their friends. We slept sitting up in the car until dawn when through the fog, Dad continued to make it to the top of the mountain and all we could see was the inside of a cloud. l believe it was at that point that my Mother made the command decision to head home. Our two week camping adventure lasted only 5 days and the tent became history. That also marked the beginning of the travel trailer obsession. I might add that was not the end of amazingly disasterous travel vacations that we endured in those childhood days. That was just the tip of the iceberg and the start of why I never got the fever. My thoughts were this, if I can't afford a hotel/motel then I can't afford to go. Hard stop!
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You have such interesting stories. I love them!
 
Goofyernmost

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JenniferS said:
You have such interesting stories. I love them!
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As a footnote to that story, the time of the year was late July, in a 1959 Buick Station Wagon (old time SUV), with no air conditioning and plastic seat covers (my parents always put plastic seat covers on every new car they bought. I can only assume that it was so the seats looked like new when he traded (which he did as soon as the ashtray was full). There is no more a fun time than sitting on plastic for hours on end, wearing shorts, and then trying to peel your legs off the seats when getting up. Also pre-completed interstates so all on the old two lane highways through every back water town that existed. Good times!
 
SteveBrickNJ

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@Songbird76 ,
Remind me when you will be in Dublin?
I've been having fun planning my 7 days in August "on the ground time" for traveling in Dublin, Belfast, Derry and County Donegal.
I have sooo many plans it would make your head spin if I posted it all 😂
A wdwmagic poster @Tiggerish helped me to become familiar with Aer Lingus's website back when I booked our airfare.
Since then I've not bothered her really. Correct @Tiggerish ?
I've been doing my planning on Tripadvisor
Here's an example...
www.tripadvisor.com

Itinerary Aug. 11 & a Dundalk Lunch Location Question - Dundalk Forum - Tripadvisor

Answer 1 of 20: On Thurs. the 11th of August Butlers Tours' driver will pick up my wife and I in Dublin (with us having spent the prior two days seeing Dublin on our own) and he'll take us on a brief drive by to Dublin spots we didn't cover during those...
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SteveBrickNJ

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SteveBrickNJ said:
@Songbird76 ,
Remind me when you will be in Dublin?
I've been having fun planning my 7 days in August "on the ground time" for traveling in Dublin, Belfast, Derry and County Donegal.
I have sooo many plans it would make your head spin if I posted it all 😂
A wdwmagic poster @Tiggerish helped me to become familiar with Aer Lingus's website back when I booked our airfare.
Since then I've not bothered her really. Correct @Tiggerish ?
I've been doing my planning on Tripadvisor
Here's an example...
www.tripadvisor.com

Itinerary Aug. 11 & a Dundalk Lunch Location Question - Dundalk Forum - Tripadvisor

Answer 1 of 20: On Thurs. the 11th of August Butlers Tours' driver will pick up my wife and I in Dublin (with us having spent the prior two days seeing Dublin on our own) and he'll take us on a brief drive by to Dublin spots we didn't cover during those...
www.tripadvisor.com www.tripadvisor.com
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Hoping to do this.....
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Belfast to Holiday Inn Express Derry - Londonderry, an IHG Hotel

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JenniferS

JenniferS

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MinnieM123 said:
Are those your summer jeans? (I figured since they were aerated, they might be cooler than jeans without tears.) :p
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I said something about air conditioned jeans to Mike just today. I wondered if 10-15 years from now we’re all going to look at all of these pics of torn/ripped jeans and cringe as heavily as if they were bell bottoms or acid washed.

But short answer - yes. (I do not wear ripped jeans in the dead of winter … mainly because I don’t go anywhere if I don’t have to. 😂😂)
 
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Tiggerish

Tiggerish

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SteveBrickNJ said:
@Tiggerish what do you think of this? (Kindly tap on "Belfast to Belfast" and it will open up :cool: )
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Belfast to Belfast

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I don’t know a whole lot about Northern Ireland, I’ve never been up that far.

If that’s a route you’re planning on driving, I’d just suggest that you try to stick to main roads such as motorways and national roads, depending on your comfort level driving in the other side of the road from what you’re used to.
 
SteveBrickNJ

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Tiggerish said:
I don’t know a whole lot about Northern Ireland, I’ve never been up that far.

If that’s a route you’re planning on driving, I’d just suggest that you try to stick to main roads such as motorways and national roads, depending on your comfort level driving in the other side of the road from what you’re used to.
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I'm reaching into my 401k and hiring Butlers Tours. I'll have an Irish driver.
The idea is to go along the coastal roads for breathtaking scenery.
My wife and I just have to look out the window and say : "Kindly stop over there so we can take some photos."
You've been to Ireland so many times so I thought maybe you would have traveled up that way. Sorry.
 
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Tiggerish

Tiggerish

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SteveBrickNJ said:
I'm reaching into my 401k and hiring Butlers Tours. I'll have an Irish driver.
The idea is to go along the coastal roads for breathtaking scenery.
My wife and I just have to look out the window and say : "Kindly stop over there so we can take some photos."
You've been to Ireland so many times so I thought maybe you would have traveled up that way. Sorry.
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No worries. Good for you, hiring a driver, you'll get lots of stories as well! You may find yourself stopping often. ;) I've done it a time or two myself.

Coastal scenery is pretty awesome, as is the inland scenery--all around the whole island! You'll find some coastal beaches that will look like your average beach (except with many more rocks than you'd find on the Jersey Shore), easing smoothly into the water, and you'll find some coastal cliffs that really impress upon you that you are literally standing at the edge of a country. It doesn't look like the Giant's Causeway is on your route, that's an interesting landscape for sure, although I've never seen it in person.

When I'm staying in my house in the midlands, I look around and think, "this is the nicest scenery in Ireland". But when I drive up to my mom's side of the family, just south of the border with Northern Ireland, I come around a bend and see the Mourne Mountains and think, "oh, this is the nicest scenery in Ireland". And I once visited Loop Head, which is one of those coastal cliffs, and thought "this is the coolest thing ever". The Cliffs of Moher are overrated. ;)

For instance, here's the view out my front door (the stop sign is fairly ordinary, but what's past it is nice to look at)
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I've been searching my photos for images of what you can expect to see in the area you're going to, these are the best I can come up with. You'll notice that even the graveyards in Ireland are very scenic. In the background of all three photos are the Mourne Mountains, which are actually located in Northern Ireland.

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Here's the cliffs at Loop Head, Co. Clare. As you can see, you can just walk right up to the edge. Disregard the silly redhead in the second picture. :cool:
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Beach in Co. Sligo:
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And this next one, random roadside shot that I actually did pull over to the side of the road to take. :D
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Oh, and if you see this sign over a door, it simply means "exit this way". 😂
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Finally, here's an Irish rainbow for you. My husband took this last month while I was driving. We'd just come through a heavy shower of rain. Neither one of us had ever seen the end of a rainbow before, but you can literally see it coming down in this field along the roadside!! I really hope you get good weather.
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JenniferS

JenniferS

When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
Tiggerish said:
No worries. Good for you, hiring a driver, you'll get lots of stories as well! You may find yourself stopping often. ;) I've done it a time or two myself.

Coastal scenery is pretty awesome, as is the inland scenery--all around the whole island! You'll find some coastal beaches that will look like your average beach (except with many more rocks than you'd find on the Jersey Shore), easing smoothly into the water, and you'll find some coastal cliffs that really impress upon you that you are literally standing at the edge of a country. It doesn't look like the Giant's Causeway is on your route, that's an interesting landscape for sure, although I've never seen it in person.

When I'm staying in my house in the midlands, I look around and think, "this is the nicest scenery in Ireland". But when I drive up to my mom's side of the family, just south of the border with Northern Ireland, I come around a bend and see the Mourne Mountains and think, "oh, this is the nicest scenery in Ireland". And I once visited Loop Head, which is one of those coastal cliffs, and thought "this is the coolest thing ever". The Cliffs of Moher are overrated. ;)

For instance, here's the view out my front door (the stop sign is fairly ordinary, but what's past it is nice to look at)
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I've been searching my photos for images of what you can expect to see in the area you're going to, these are the best I can come up with. You'll notice that even the graveyards in Ireland are very scenic. In the background of all three photos are the Mourne Mountains, which are actually located in Northern Ireland.

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Here's the cliffs at Loop Head, Co. Clare. As you can see, you can just walk right up to the edge. Disregard the silly redhead in the second picture. :cool:
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Beach in Co. Sligo:
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And this next one, random roadside shot that I actually did pull over to the side of the road to take. :D
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Oh, and if you see this sign over a door, it simply means "exit this way". 😂
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Finally, here's an Irish rainbow for you. My husband took this last month while I was driving. We'd just come through a heavy shower of rain. Neither one of us had ever seen the end of a rainbow before, but you can literally see it coming down in this field along the roadside!! I really hope you get good weather.
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Pass out. 😂😂😂
 

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