Wednesday, August 28th was Haley's last day of summer freedom, so we took a break for unpacking the furniture, discarding the crates, and putting bed frames together and drove back up to Rosses Point in County Sligo. First we went to the town of Sligo and walked around. We found a TJ Maxx store and several others that looked promising for a day of shopping! We had lunch at a tiny pub with an even tinier menu, and the food was grand! We then found chicken strips for Zach and we were on our way to the beach. At Rosses Point we rested on the beach and walked into the surf. The weather was mild, about 60 degrees, but cooler when there was cloud cover. Always plenty of cloud cover here. In the pictures, you can see a patch of blue - here that is a sunny day! Haley and I wore tank tops, but needed our jackets as the sun got covered by clouds. We laughed about zipped up hoodies on the beach, as there is a commercial that says something about that being a sure part of an Irish summer! The tide was out and the water wasn't too cold - nothing like Lake Michigan anyway! Apparently the Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic Current push warm, tropical waters up into the Nordic Seas and thus along the Irish coast so it doesn't get the bone-chilling cold of Lake Michigan.
You will also note that we get darn good cell phone coverage out here!
Eventually we decided to head home so we could have a good dinner and relax in the evening. At night we watched a soccer match on tv - Celtics of Scotland against Shakhter Karagandy of Kazakhstan. Then off to bed as Haley had school the next day!
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