Last of the Fam

Yes I know, I am the worst Blogger ever. It isn't that we haven't had time or nothing is happening... there is just too much good beer to drink. All kidding aside let me try to get caught up. I left off with Janna's folks. After we returned from the Highlands there were a few more days left to explore around Edinburgh.



Some of the sights were Dirleton Castle, Greyfriars Kirk, Linlithgow Palalace, Falkirk Wheel, Wallace Monument, Campbell Castle, and some other stuff I have forgotten.

Dirleton Castle is West of Edinburgh and supposedly has the longest herbaceous border in the world. Not really sure what a herbaceous border is, but they where very proud of it at the castle so I though I would share.

Greyfriars Kirk is a nice old church and the location of the famous Greyfriars Bobby story.

Linlithgow Palace is supposedly the place where Mary the Queen of Scots was born.



I think I have talked about the Falkirk Wheel before. This was our third visit but I will never get bored of that Engineering marvel.

One thing that we tell everyone who has come to visit is to be ready to walk a lot. I'm sure Janna's folks thought we where trying to kill them off, but honestly we just wanted to get in as many sights as possible. We weren't mean drill sargents as we did allow a break from time to time. As if they hadn't had enough hiking around, on their last day we decided they should see the view of Edinburgh from Arthur's Seat (the "mountain" overlooking the city). They did darn good for old people.

Highlands Part #2

We have friends from Montana visiting us now, so we are getting way behind on the blogging. Let me try to get to more of Janna's folks.

After the Isle of Skye we traveled to the Isle of Mull. Unlike Skye that had a bridge, Mull required a ferry. I will never get tired of driving a car onto a boat. Driving on Mull was a challenge. Most of the roads were one lane, but the local drivers didn't seem to notice.



Off of Mull is another small island called Iona. It is supposedly the founding place of Christianity in the UK and it is still a ecumenical community. From Iona we took a boat trip out to the island of Staffa. With its strange rock formations and caves, it is a geological marvel. The island was neat, but the boat trip was awesome. There where some huge waves that really rocked the boat.