Tuesday was supposed to be rainy (although I should preface this with it is supposed to be rainy just about every day we are here, so no big deal there). Anyway, since it looked rainy in the morning and dryer in the afternoon, we decided to head underground. We went to the Marble Arch Caves in Northern Ireland (just over the border really). The funny thing about this second Marble Arch on this trip (we stayed near the Marble Arch in London) is that the arch is actually made of sandstone. We did see how it looks somewhat like marble, but is in truth mislabeled.
This is a little bit of the woodlands we walked to on our way to the underground river. It is a pretty lush area and you can hear the water all around (even when it isn't raining).
Here's Harry leading the way down to the caves.
I only brought my little camera on this trip, it doesn't take great pictures in the dark, so here are the boys in the cave - a little blurry.
Most of the rock formations were stalactites (from the ceiling or roof hanging down), but there were a few stalagmites and also one column (a joining of a stalactite and a stalagmite). One of the neat parts were the places where the perfectly still water reflected the ceiling of the cave and it looked like an undersea world.
We took a scenic road back and that is Loch MacNean in the background. As is often the case, the picture doesn't do it justice. Harry took a photo of just Kevin and I but it is a bit dark, this is a better one.
In the afternoon we decided that we would go take a walk on a nearby beach. Here we are at Rosses Point.
The tide was almost fully out. We watched the boys playing and then a friendly group of Irish people started a conversation with us. They had taken a 2 hour bus ride to get to the water. They weren't thrilled with the weather, but overall it was a lovely afternoon.
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