Felt like a home coming of sorts.... read more

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Presently, we're in Killarney, Ireland. We've been on the road for a fair piece now. Internet connections are not always as handy as we would like and are often more expensive than we like. So, we haven't been contributing to this blog as frequently as we had expected to. We're both well and enjoying ourselves and hope to make more frequent posts to this blog from now on. We spent a few days camping in Edmonton after finally picking up the van. Edmonton is actually in northern London. From there we drove to Oxford to get supplies for the van. Go Outdoors is a good camping store with a shop in Oxford. We then drove down to Brighton to visit Louise and Dennis C.. A was in school with Louise when she was 13 years old. ... read more

We've been shopping for a motorhome with a bit of being tourists thrown in. I only have enough connection time at the moment to load some photos right now. I'll add some commentary soon. I hope.... read more

Trip planning usually starts with D sitting at his computer, searching possibilities. However this trip had been rumbling around in D's mind for many years. He'd often thought that attempting to trace the history and route of his ancestors would be a good excuse to travel to places he might not go otherwise. This is to be that trip. A trip to trace the path of the V's that came before him. He only knows for certain that his grandfather W.V. was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Beyond that he has only his research and a lot of speculation. The Vs have traditionally been described as Scotch-Irish which is a polite way of saying that they were Protestants from Scotland that the British encouraged to help colonize the north of Ireland. There are many Vs in ... read more