In June of 1996, I visited Ireland for the first time. It had been a lifelong dream of mine to go there one day, but it was my daughter Kelly who finally convinced me that "one day" was now. So she checked out air fares and bed & breakfast costs for me, and before I knew it I had an airline ticket to Ireland in my hands! When I talked to Rick about my trip, he and Michelle wanted to go too, so we met up in Dublin, rented a car and spent the next 12 days traveling about, stopping at a new bed & breakfast at the end of each day.