Of course, no visit to the Aran Islands would be complete without a stop to visit one of the numerous sweater markets. This one had posters inside describing the different stitches and the origins of these famous sweater designs.
In 2003, my son bicycled across the USA and then discovered weeks later that he had
cancer. (He emerged from treatments healthy in 2004.) He inspired me to start biking, and in 2005 I raised over $15,000 for cancer research by making my own trans-America bike trip (achives under March and April 2005). I now work at a bike store but continue to go on long-distance bike trips, both in the US and internationally.