An Irish Independence Vacation

Ireland independence day

Fourth of July, and this summer’s family trip took us to the Cliffs of Moher on Ireland’s west coast to learn how another republic came to be. The kids stood at the Atlantic edge under the tricolor and we talked about how Ireland won itself. The 1916 Easter Rising, then a war, then a free […]

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Did You Zorb in Pigeon Forge?

Zorbing

Round and round we roll. Hanalei, Archer, and I. In a giant clear plastic sphere with a lubrication of warm water. Tossed and turned, we yell, laugh, and lurch down a giant hill. We are Zorbing and it’s awesome! To Zorb is to experience the tourist trap that is Pigeon Forge, the Appalachian Orlando that […]

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