From the Speyside region, we went over to Inverness and after a quick stop off for a sandwich, we went on to the storied and fantastical Loch Ness.

We stopped several times along the way, once to see the movie at the Loch Ness Discovery Center, in which the basic theme of "there's no monster, dammit!" resounded, and several times to take photos. Oh, and once to catch our breath after almost colliding with a truck head on at high speed because he just HAD to pass that sedan.

It was a picture perfect day, and probably our best day in Scotland.






Sun on the water.


Far across to the shore.


Looking south.





Urquhart Castle. I watched The Water Horse again on the plane on the way to NM this past trip, and when the kid is riding Crusoe, you can actually see this Castle. Awesome.


Raining in Inverness.


Everyone loves a trebuchet. Don't they? ;)
















From the top of the tower in the photo before the last.


One of the phenominon that the Loch Ness Discovery Center claims is responsible for the Monster stories. The boat is long gone, but the wake is still hanging around.




The storm, threatening us.


As we climbed the hill, I took this. The rains had started.


We went inside and saw a model of how the castle used to look.


Then we came outside and I freaked out and ran across the parking lot to take a million of these.


Just one of the many reasons not to hide your head when its raining. You might miss something amazing.




Further down the way, another Loch, with snowcapped mountains rising straight out of it.




And more sundrenched rainshowers.

From there, we went on to Glenfinnan, but you'll have to wait til another day for those photos :)



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