Over the river…

It’s not quite a river… it’s saltier water than that. We went on a roadtrip to Inch Island which is off the Inishowen peninsula (and basically you drive right over a “bridge” so it wasn’t a big island expedition).

The “bridge”… trust me.

 

Learning how to nail that effortless cool pose. Thanks Christina for being my paparazzo.

We drove to the island, then got out for a walk along a beachy inlet and then down a dock (pictured above) which had fantastic panoramic views of the surrounding island and sky and water. Cloudy, yes… but dry for a majority of the time!

Artistic rock photo. Better than artsy food photo, right?

I couldn’t pass up this opportunity to show off my fabulous manicure that my friend Darryl did because it’s not every day you get such a good one.

Another moment of jealousy for the view that these houses have…

Eleanor captioned this photo by exclaiming “it looks like you guys are on your honeymoon!” Thank you, Eleanor.

The beach and the dock was fun. The water and air were fresh and beautiful and nice, so we decided to walk up a winding tree lined path to see if we could find a higher viewpoint. Apparently the others did, but me and Christina were captivated by the dense, mossy forest and the spell of Mirkwood slowly descended towards us and we felt ourselves being pulled away from our companions into the charm of the dark forest.

… and through the woods
(^ just so I could connect my very clever title)

The path, and Eryn Lasgalen off to one side… luring us in…

Once we were in there, it was only natural to realise that all of a sudden we had transformed into our true elven selves. Greenwood the Great needed its elven warriors to protect the forest from the horrid spiders! Or had we just lost Gollum when we were supposed to be guarding him and he had climbed away, too far out of reach? We weren’t quite sure, but determined to find out before we got reprimanded by our captain.

 

Guardian of the forest.

Elves make everything look easier. Casually going to jump on a spider.

The verdict is Mirkwood is safe for now. But for how much longer…