Seeking Beauty on Roads Less Traveled

"So how does this work exactly?  Do we buy boat tickets via an internet site or in person?  Where do we buy the boat tickets and how much are they?  And is the weather forecast predicted to cooperate?" We have a lot of questions.  They are centered around the elusive puffins of Skomer Island, Wales. "We have to be where at what time?!," I do a double-take at our hostess at the Allenbrook B&B as she tells us the facts of life as it relates to seeing the puffins. "You may want to do a dry run tonight to see where you will have to line up to get tickets tomorrow.  This way you can just go there directly in the morning then come back for breakfast and then be on your way to Skomer," she suggests. That sounds easy enough, doesn't it? "What time does the hut open?,"  I ask, dreading the inevitable answer because anything before noon is just not my favorite part of the day. "It opens at 8a.m. but people start lining up at 6a.m.

Although my laptop chose today to breathe its last internet sigh....Mom saves the day with letting me access her photo files.  Enjoy the photos which can be found at the end of this story ....and as we are off on another travel adventure in the morning, I better get busy posting Part II of our Skomer Island/ puffin adventure.... I knew I was in trouble when Mom sent me an e-mail about an island called Skomer Island off the coast of Wales. "Did you see the information I sent you about Skomer Island?,"  Mom asks me.  "They have puffins there."  Please allow me to translate this statement for you.  This is Mom-speak for, "We need to go see these puffins.  You need to figure out how to get us there." And so it begins.... It is a little difficult to get a lot of detailed information about Skomer Island...or more to the point, how to get there.  It is not like the Staten Island Ferry where ferries run on a set schedule - rain or shine - and one just walk