I might point out

that we're not leaving until July 4th. I put this up so we could "park" the name for the blog. I'm sure I misspelled it, and I'm sure Erin will correct me.

In the beginning...

we decided to go to Ireland this summer, instead of the beach that has become our second, two-weeks-a-year home.

"That's crazy," you might say, "who would give up a trip to the beautiful Outer Banks to go to some cold, wet, foreign island?"

Then I might respond by saying, "we would."

Welcome friends and family. Erin and I, and possibly mum, will be posting pictures and commentary from our trip in near real time, or probably delayed by a few days, provided I can find enough wireless hotspots and they don't cost more than an arm and a leg. I'd like to keep at least one of each.

If you didn't already know, our dad (hi dad!) has a tradition of collecting the photos from our family adventures and organising them in an album with some written commentary, from his trip through the Grand Canyon to my year of high school volleyball. And rather than carry a video camera with us like he really wanted, I've decided to update the whole album tradition with this here "photo blog", which I'll archive and save forever once we're done. But for now, it's accessable to everyone with an internet connection, so share the address and we'll share the experience.

Cheers!