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This will be my final entry for the Scotland/Ireland blog. We are home safe and sound. After a great, but long flight from Dublin to Chicago we were delayed in Chicago for 6 hours!! We were to have landed at DFW @ 10:45 but didn't leave Chicago till midnight putting us into DFW at about 2:15 am!! Was a long day but we traveled safe and made it home. My sweet sister and Daddy picked us up and we spent the night with my parents. Visited the next morning and drove to Lubbock. Roy drove the whole way and didn't even try to drive on the other side of the road!! 

We were both excited to see our home and what a welcome sight it was. All is well in the canyon. 

So many of you have commented on the blog making it so much fun. Thank you all for being a huge part of our travels. This was my first attempt at blogging thanks to an incredible young man, Aaron who had traveled to Ireland 2 summers ago and blogged his trip. He helped me set it all up and even provided technical assistance one night while we were in Ireland!! Technology can be so much fun. 

Many of you will be sick of hearing about this trip over the coming weeks and months so I'll thank you ahead of time for listening and enduring the hundreds of photos!!  And yet, it is in the sharing and reminiscing that we keep the trip and our adventures alive. 

I asked Roy one evening while we were away; "Why is it that we travel?" I've thought a lot about that question and believe there are as many answers as there are travelers.  For me, it is to see and experience other places on this earth.  To marvel at the beauty and diversity of God's handiwork.  An awakening of sorts as to how other cultures live their lives, what makes them tick, what their homes look like, what they value and honor and coming to the realization we are all part of a huge family where some are blessed to live on the Emerald Isle and in the beautiful country of Scotland.  Every person we met on our journey was polite, friendly, engaging, accommodating and just plain good people!!  These memories will last the rest of my life.....thank you for traveling with us.

I've included a picture of the map we used while in Ireland with our 3,000 miles highlighted in yellow. The map may not be easy to see but just know we motored many, many miles!  

Till the next trip......Mary