Clarion Hotel on The Ocean

... time, enjoying the small towns and scenery of coastal Ireland.  When we got to Sligo, our GPS could not find the Clarion Hotel. Ultimately we called Hotels.com to get the hotel's direct dial information.  When we finally got through to the ...

... we went back to the hotel to pick up our cameras and then head to cable beach to watch the most glorious sunset over the ocean... It's a hard life! After watching the sun go down it was back to the appartment for a nightcap and then sleep after a long ...

Walked down from the Clarion hotel on Congress St down to Donham Bike and Ski Shop in Portland. Rented a Giant "hybrid" bike for $25/day. Guys at the bike shop were very considerate and gave me repair kit and extra tube without charging extra.  Got ...

... up one of the guard towers.  It was pretty cool, and we had views all the way up into Delaware Bay and out to the open ocean.  By noon, we were packed up and back on the road – for the first time in two weeks we were heading West in ...