They traveled in silence now. Cailin realizing that this was more than she had bargained for and not something that would be easy to walk away from. On the other hand, Darren was almost a little embarrassed that he had admitted how he felt. He had tried so hard not to get involved this way. Neither of them wanting this to end any time soon.
Darren turned into a parking area off the side of the road.
“I want to show you something,” he said breaking the silence.
The both exited the car and Cailin followed Darren to a short wall along the parking area. As Cailin looked out over the wall, she could see the water leading to the open ocean.
“At this point in Connemara you are looking at the most westerly location of Ireland and facing New York across the ocean,” Darren explained.
Cailin was speechless, “It's absolutely breathtaking!”
“I just wanted you to know that New York is not that far away. Not far from here Alcock and Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight in June 1919 crash landing in Ireland. It took them less than 72 hours. And today, it's more like 8 hours. You are not that far away from Ireland.”
“And this is supposed to comfort me, how?” Cailin was confused here.
“Cailin, I just wanted to bring you hear to help you know that you don't ever have to feel that you can't come back to Ireland. You're not that far away from here. Of course, that was what I had planned early this morning before our conversation a little bit ago.”
“So what you are saying is that I should start building up my frequent flyer miles?”, Cailin couldn't help but chuckle, and Darren's smile followed suit.
This conversation seemed to break the silence between them and they both laughed. Darren put his arm around Cailin as they looked out over the edge of Ireland toward America.
Cailin snapped a few pictures to keep this all in mind and they headed out to continue their tour.
You have me so hooked I want more! I have so many questions about where they are headed!
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