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Ah, Scotland. We had been looking forward to this trip for a long time and Scotland did not disappoint us. After flying up to Inverness, Rob took the wheel (for the first time in the UK) and we headed to Invergarry for the night. At the Invergarry Castle Hotel, we had a big dinner and spent the evening drinking wine and playing Scrabble in front of the fire in the Library. A perfect start! On our second day, we hopped in the car and drove a few hours west and across the bridge to the Isle of Skye. Winding down one-lane roads and avoiding sheep and cows, we made our way to a small house called Ramasaig that marked the start of our first walk. No pictures…because it was pouring rain! But we toughed it out and made our way to The Hoe—the highest point along the cliffs overlooking the ocean. But after our “waterproof” shoes filled with water and the wind blew me to the ground (more than once), we decided to head back to the car and make our way to Carter’s Rest B&B in Upper Milovaig. The next morning marked an end to the torrential rains and we managed to see the Niest Point lighthouse and later climb the trail up to see The Old Man of Storr—a tall rock teetering at the top of a hill. Throughout this trip places like this made Rob and I feel like we were in some mystical fairy tale! The hike to and from The Storr also included a dense forest that completely sheltered us from the rain. We took advantage of our last half day by going for a walk at Glen Affric (not far from Loch Ness), getting ourselves lost, and then finding that we’d actually just taken an amazing shortcut. Yes! Plenty of time to catch our flight home.