Northern Ireland has been absolutely beautiful. After making it thru Derry to Colraine, I went and saw the Massenden Temple, which was built between 1779 and 1783 and the Mausoleum and the Belvedere which is castle ruins there. The I drove to Cushendale, where there was a festival going on in town. From there, I went up to the Bushmill distillery, Duluce Castle and the ever amazing Giant's Causeway. Today, I drove to the Carrick-A-Rede Rope bridge. It was something for me to cross that with my terrible fear of heights. But, that is what this whole trip has been for me. Crossing over and not looking back, but looking ahead to what lies ahead in the future. Facing new fears and challenges and knowing that I am a strong and capbable woman. As my mother told me as a child, "there is nothing you cannot do." Today was nice because I met 2 very nice families. A husband and wife , and their 8 year old twin daughters, who I crossed the bridge with. Then when I got back to the car, I was given tea and sandwiches by a lovely older couple, and their adult children. When I was leaving Pat (the older woman) packed up sandwiches and a juice box for me for the road and said she was just being a mother. I told her about my mom and she let me cry and she hugged me with a warm motherly hug. I said , it was nice to have a surrogate mother's care. AS I was leaving, she said she would think of me often and I said I would of her too. Now, I am on my last leg of my Ireland trip ,Belfast. I am going to go into the town center tonight and tomorrow and then drive back to Dublin tomorrow, so I can leave for UK on saturday. I love Ireland, I love the land and I love the people. This has been a great trip here and I plan to come back again someday.