June 10 – 11, 2024

The morning of 10th we said see ya later to Marissa as she headed back to London. Kevin and I had an Eras tour hangover so we took advantage of being able to checkout late. Once we got our lives together, we headed up to Inverness, checked into our B&B, and then looked for dinner. I was feeling super indecisive last night (sorry Kevin) and deciding took awhile. Then when I finally decided, the place we went was going to be a 45 minute wait. I think we stopped into 2 or 3 other places before we found one we could get a table in. I didn’t take pictures because it wasn’t anything special, but Kevin did try haggis for the first time! I decline to participate in Haggis, but he seemed to like it. It was mixed in with his risotto though so kind of hard to tell. After, we planned on going back to the car but decided to pop into Hootanannys for one beer and to see some live music. Well the band ended up being really great so one beer turned into 4 plus the round we got from our friend Ray that we met. It was an absolute blast. We both love chatting with new people in pubs and combined with the live music, we ended up shutting the place down. Unfortunately for us, breakfast was early this morning, and checkout was early as well.

We got up this morning at 8am to start the day quite bottle weary. Not really hungover because fortunately we drank enough water, but definitely back to being sleep deprived. We had full breakfast at the B&B before meandering downtown for some shopping. I was hoping to get a wool sweater, but it turns out, its very much NOT in the budget. So, we headed toward Loch Ness. The loch is absolutely gorgeous and look! We found Nessie!!

Next, we got to go to a working farm to feed and pet and take pictures of the highland coos! The guy also had lambs that were abandoned by their moms or orphaned, and we got to bottle feed and hold them! It was absolutely incredible, and I couldn’t believe how little the guy was charging for it. I would have easily paid double, it was an awesome experience.

Finally we headed towards the Isle of Skye where we are staying for the night, and were also in search of the chocolates that our pub friend Ray makes! We found them in Portree but not much else was open so we made our way to our B&B for the night. Checked in and freshened up and just got back from having dinner at the local pub. We are exhausted for sure, so going to sleep now for a decently long day of driving tomorrow.