In Search Of The Loch Ness Monster

Here is the last of my Scotland photos. So far, I think it's my favorite county that I have visited over here. 

 So beautiful. This was on our drive to Urquhart Castle.

 What a rebel.

 There it is through the trees. It wasn't open for the day yet so we just got pictures of it from the parking lot.

 Ermahgerd! Lerch Nerss Mernster!

 We stopped by the Loch Ness and had a photo shoot with this giant purple replica.

 There she is in all her glory.

 Tracy and I looked everywhere for Nessie.

 Oh, there she is!

 Next stop was Culloden Battlefield. Above is a small cottage on the battlefield.

 The Battle of Culloden was the final confrontation of the 1745 Jacobite Rising.

 Basically, it's on giant graveyard because after the battle, no one really 'cleaned-up'. They just buried the bodies where they died.

 Then they went back and put markers over them, sometimes including several names to identify where the bodies were buried.

 Another view of the cottage on the battlefield. I would bet money that cottage is haunted.

 Memorial Cairn.

 Next we stopped in a town called Dunkeld and had lunch and toured the Dunkeld Cathedral.

 This is Forth Bridge in South Queens ferry. Our last stop before Edinburgh.

Susan "clean up on isle battlefield" B.

Castles, Swords, Kilts, the Isle of Skye and Fairy Pools

The pictures from the second day are way prettier because the sun was out. We visited Eilean Donan Castle. It was beautiful and you can still book weddings to be held there.

 Eilean Donan Castle from the parking lot.

 That's me visiting ANOTHER castle.

 This is the man who revealed what Scots wear under kilts (nothing).

 This sword was really heavy!

Uh, Medieval Times called, they want their sword back.

 Frightening, right?

 We couldn't take pictures inside the castle (except for the one's above) so this is a look out point, I guess.

 Well, hey there. You hang out at castles often?

 Tracy is SO happy to be at the castle!

 The Great Well. Really?

 The Isle of Skye

 For lunch, we went to Portree on the Isle of Skye. So beautiful. We ate at a cute old fashioned diner.

 Sword wielding makes you hungry. Best milkshake EVER! Sorry In-N-Out.

 Up on that hill is Dun Beag Broch.

 Going up the hill.

 Ta Da!

 Our next stop on the Isle of Skye was the Fairy Pools. These are not them. This is a stream on the hike to the Fairy Pools.

 There is a Fairy Pool. Not like the pictures on Pinterest but still very pretty in person.

 I don't always meditate, but when I do it's on a rock next to the Fairy Pools in Scotland.

 Gangs all here!

Susan "STAY YOUR SWORD!" B.