Thursday, Isle of Skye, Scotland

A rain-free day on Skye, which apparently is something rare. We even saw the sun peeking out through the clouds. The landscape - stark, striking, yet very calming too. We were driving along the coast, inland and out to the coast again. (When I say "we," I mean the bus driver - no driving for us yet on this trip). Our bus is small, so we feel pretty up-close to the scenery, and we're out and walking a lot. It was very cool that one of our walks was in the "John Muir Preserve."


Predominant themes include green but mostly bare hills; side waterfalls coming into the lochs or the sea; heather and thistle; and of course sheep, sheep, sheep. We love seeing sheep openly grazing on the side of the road and occasionally running across it. (Black-faced sheep photo by request...) Overall, we are feeling the DSL (Deep Scottish Love) all around, from the landscape and the people here.


We've finished dinner and are waiting for live music to begin, hoping it starts before they kick out Claire (and everyone else under 16) at 10:00. We've learned that "Wi Fi here" sometimes means "Temperamental Wi Fi here, when it feels like being connected," so we hope to be able to post again soon.