Weekend in Wales

Saturday morning we got up at 6 am to head for Wales. It's about a 5 hour drive. Kathy actually rented a mini bus so we could all ride together. In total there was 9 of us plus 2 dogs. The ride was great because Kathy's kids (Jessica and Holly) can be quite funny.

Our first day in Wales we visited Caernarfon Castle. It was really windy that day but Ben and I absolutely had to climb to the top of a watch tower. It was well worth the view despite the wind and very narrow steep staircase. There was an interesting museum inside the castle and I learned that the Welsh troops each had their own goat that served in the army. The lucky person who had the job of taking care of the goat was called the Goat Major and at every dinner the goat had some of the Colonel's champagne. Crazy!

The next day we went to Port Marion. It's a little town with a bit of Italian influence and is best known for the filming of the series The Prisoner. It's such a colorful, impressive town and you can even rent houses there. They do have some full time residents as well. Later on we drove through the countryside and saw Mt. Snowdon (there's a tram that goes up the mountain and you can hike it if you like but we weren't able to do either).

Our last day we weren't able to do as much because we had a 6 hour drive ahead of us but we did get to go on a hike. The landscape was really beautiful and we were pretty much the only people there. At the end of the trail there was an absolutely fantastic waterfall. It was huge and you could get very close to it. I ended up getting soaked just from the mist.

As we headed back to the car from our hike we walked past quite a few fields with sheep in them. Sophie, one of the dogs, was constantly pulling and trying to chase them. She finally pulled hard enough and Kathy ended up dropping the leash and Sophie chased these poor sheep all around the field. Ben threw all of his stuff on the ground and chased after Sophie until he finally got close enough that she gave up. It was really funny and we all had a good laugh about later.

All in all, Wales was a fantastic trip!