Thursday, January 8, 2009

Here we are on the side of the road looking like crazy blokes as we find the land known as "Bog". Our little friend Rick Steves' told us in his book about this unusual ground that can be found on the side of the road in certain parts of Ireland. A Bog used to be a body of water and over time weeds have grown over it and it now acts as a spongy surface that can hold up to 10x it's weight in liquid. We visited the Museum of Archeology in Dublin and there they have 4 men who were found in bogs and their remains have been somewhat intack for over 1500 years. It's crazy! Below the bog land there in no oxygen so bacteria can't form and a body can be preserved. (back to the video) So if you jump on it, you can feel the ground move and someone can feel the ground move 15 feet away. And yes, that's right, we tried it. As you can see, drivers passing were entertaining by tweedle dee and tweedle dum.

That's all folks...cheerio!

1 comment:

  1. That was good for a good laugh before I went to work. Have fun your last couple nights :)

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