First thing this morning we rose and shone before the tour buses full of plebs had their first shot of Geritol and we headed North to the Giant’s Causeway.

The Giant’s Causeway is an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. Each column is generally hexagonal in shape, and of different heights, forming a series of stepping stones that jut out into the Atlantic Ocean.

This was one of Isabelle’s “must see” items; she had wanted to visit on our last visit but we didn’t have the time nor were we anywhere near Northern Ireland, where the Causeway is located.

From the visitor’s center, it was a good 15-20 minute downhill walk to the site. Because We’re Old(tm), we opted to take the shuttle bus back to the parking lot, and while we were waiting for the bus to depart, we overheard the driver say that there was at least one injury per day, often debilitating, requiring a team to dispatch to help ferry the injured to the hospital. On the day before we arrived, the bus itself was used to carry a person with a snapped ankle. Luckily, we managed to leave the site unscathed, but it started pouring a few hours later, so we’re not sure everyone who was visiting today would be able to say the same.