Travels with long term and close friends: Fairfield and Art DuBois and others. Fond memories of time with the DuBois family, who own a cabin on a small island in the North woods, with no other residents and no electricity, or plumbing. The vacationers read, stretch out, and converse. An invitation to this group of friends comes from the DuBois - a stay in an Irish castle (Springfield Castle). The author describes an adventurous flight overseas, the passengers and fellow travelers, surprising connections, and memories of a previous trip with her family to Tralee, the birthplace of her father. The author includes the story of her father's life and adoption by an American family, monasticism Ireland, John Montague, Dingle Peninsula, the Rose of Tralee Festival, food, and other excursions.