Life and Travels

As one would expect from a boy of 5 years, Keegan has a fascination with castles. He loves the towers, turrets, keeps, ramparts...and especially the dark tunnels and dungeons that make up the foundations of most castles. We named these intriquing places 'ratholes' which Keegan day after day said was his favorite parts of each castle that we visited. Every morning, we would be greeted with the excited request to seek out some new 'ratholes' on our daily excursions. On one occasion, he was even so bold as to ask our tour guide when these parts of the castle were not readily accessible, "Where are the ratholes?"

Below are examples from Keegan's favorite...Burg Rheinfels...a towering ruin above St. Goar and once the largest castle on the Rhine.