Today was our last day on the Isle of Skye and we had a long drive ahead of us back to Edinburgh; however, we made time for a “quick” hike nonetheless. It was time to take the road from Glenbrittle to Sligachan and find the Fairy Pools! We got a little turned around on the …
This morning we headed to the Trotternish Peninsula (the northwest portion of Skye). We’d barely made it out of Portree before we encountered waterfalls and views of the Old Man of Storr. It was mainly a day to drive around and stop for photos along the way, but we still managed to do a fair …
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As if we haven’t been walking enough on this trip, today we decided to go for three walks in the woods! Every indication was that Glen Affric was not to be missed, and every indication was right. It was gorgeous. Driving out to the glen, our first stop was Dog Falls. The trail to the …
Our first full day in Inverness was spent driving around Loch Ness, seeing the sights. In spite of the fact that the loch seemed super calm, it must not have been Nessie Weather because one sight we did not spy was a sea monster. Instead our first stop of the day was the Loch Ness …
Having dropped my parents off at the Amtrak station on a Saturday morning a couple of weeks ago, I finally found myself with a bit of time to write about our trip to Lake Tahoe! My parents come out for a visit about once a year. They used to drive, but that drive has become …
This month, Steve and I took a week and headed out to Utah. The impetuous for the trip was a visit to Best Friends Animal Society at the end of the week, but we decided to take a few extra days and spend time in a couple of national parks. Our first couple of days …
As you may recall, this was the vacation for which I didn’t do much advance planning, the “fly by the seat of our pants”, low pre-planned activity vacation – at which Steve, as we near the end of our trip, scoffs. But the fact is many of our activities weren’t scheduled until a week or …
Since it became rather clear on our last trip to Kauai that Steve and I were unlikely to ever take the full Kalalau Trail and see the Na Pali Coast by land, we decided on this trip to see it via a boat trip instead. We went out with Na Pali Catamaran, guide book-recommended for …
At the risk of starting to sound like a Christmas Carol, on the third day in Hawaii, we headed over to the Hilo side of the island for a day of ziplining. We’ve done this once before, but it was several years ago on Kauai. A lot of new companies have popped up in the …
This morning we got up relatively early to head out on our drive to the Hilo area. I really love the 2-hour time difference we have when we go to Hawaii. It makes getting up early feel not early at all. We had already seen most of the sights along the upper road on previous …