• John and the Vagatron on a mountain top at the beginning of our travels in the Ring of Kerry

• Enjoying the views from the mountain top

• Three cairns atop the mountain

• A group photo atop the mountain (left to right): Rick, Mary Lou, John, Chris, Gina, Wes, Jeanie, Holly, Patty, JaVonne, Doug, Kathy

• The ride down the mountain

• Ballycarberry Castle

• Ballycarberry Castle

• Seán and Jeanie in Ballycarberry Castle

• Doug in Ballycarberry Castle

• Doug looking down the Ballycarberry Castle 'Murder Hole', through which hot oil was poured on attackers.

• Rick in Ballycarberry Castle

• Rick enjoying the view from Ballycarberry Castle

• The Portmagee harbour

• The Moorings was our lodging for the night

• Vagabonders invade Portmagee

• We should have counted the number of times we went up and down these Vagatron fold-out steps during our Irish adventure.

• Portmagee harbour

• This is the vessel that took us to the Skellig Islands. It was a bit late picking us up.

• Some of our group decided to spend the day in the pub

• Wes and Gina on the way to Skellig Michael

• Rick and Mary Lou on the way to Skellig Michael

• After our late start, our skipper promised we would pass boats like this one that left port before us.

• Here we are passing another boat.

• Leaving them in the mist...

• Approaching Skellig Michael

• The pier at Skellig Michael

• The climb begins...

• The path ahead

• Kathy heading for the next leg of our climb

• Jeanie is right behind us.

• Approaching the monastery and a view of Little Skellig

• Kathy at the entrance to the monastery grounds

• The second wall protecting the monastery

• The beehive huts of the monastery

• This hut was the kitchen and the stones that are sticking out were used as steps to reach the top and remove the chimney cover.

• The monastery was built between the 6th and 8th centuries.

• Doug and Kathy at Skellig Michael

• Rick at Skellig Michael

• Jeanie is also a 'foot shot' artist.

• Jeanie and Little Skellig

• Rick and Little Skellig

• Doug and Kathy and Little Skellig

• Little Skellig Island

• The monks graveyard

• Kathy and Doug in front of the Large Oratory

• The helicopter landing pad at the base of Skellig Michael

• At the start of the walk down

• On the walk down

• Kathy on the walk down

• Saving lives one potential Darwin Award recipient at a time

• The Skellig Michael pier

• Departing Skellig Michael

• Approaching Little Skellig, a wildlife refuge where people are not allowed to set foot

• Little Skellig is home to Ireland's largest and the world's second-largest Northern Gannet colony, with almost 30,000 pairs. That is not dust on Doug's camera sensor.

• Northern Gannets flying over Little Skellig Island

• Northern Gannets flying over Little Skellig Island. From beak to tail, they are 3 feet long. Their wing span is about 6 feet.

• Seals on Little Skellig

• A big bull seal

• A big bull seal

• Departing Little Skellig

• Departing Little Skellig

• We stopped in the Moorings Pub for refreshments after returning from the Skellig Islands.

• We drove on to Kenmare where we spent the night.

• The Coachman's, our lodging for the night

• We enjoyed these musicians during our dinner at the Coachman's.

• Most of the ancient stone circles in Ireland are located on private land. Land owners are required to maintain and allow access to the circles.

• They are permitted to charge a fee and put up their own signs.

• Walking to the stone circle at Lough Inchiquin

• The stone circle at Lough Inchiquin.

• Rick, John, Patty, and Jeanie discussing the astronomical implications of the stone circle.

• Jeanie at the Lough Inchiquin stone circle

• Wes and Gina at the Lough Inchiquin stone circle

• Doug at the Lough Inchiquin stone circle

• The second of the two loughs at Inchiquin

• The stream connecting the two loughs at Inchiquin

• The stream connecting the two loughs at Inchiquin

• Climbing the Healy Pass road in County Kerry.

• Healy Pass road

• A view into County Kerry from near the summit of the Healy Pass Road.

• A view into County Kerry from near the summit of the Healy Pass Road.

• Leaving County Kerry and entering County Cork via Healy Pass