Like a Real Holiday

[toosuto]

Monday morning Sara suggested that maybe while Ces was here we should go and see something vaguely Scottish. Y'know so her trip here was less like visiting us in the Pacific NW or more like a trip to another country (not counting the different money or jet lag of course). So we tallied our Christmas bananas and after a little investigation she determined that we could rent a car for a couple of days (so we could drive the sister back to the airport) for as much as it would cost for day tickets for the four of us to go to Inverness. Renting a car the day after Hogmanay is a bit of a challenge especially if you want to reject the rental companies insurance but with the help of neepheid we managed to secure a Vauxhall Astra (with seat warmers!) by the end of Monday.

Getting out of town was nice. The drive up is like blend of the west Cascades and the palouse, green rolling fields with the occasional wind farm dotted with beautiful old villages (Keith seemed particular nice on our pass though). We spent the afternoon at Castle Urquhart on Loch Ness and then drove back into town to look for a dinner spot before heading back home. All in all a success despite the Incident of the Untoasted Sandwiches or Rona's brief experimentation with car sickness.



More pictures, of course, in the photostream.

Comments

[secret-hippie.livejournal.com]

We did have a fabulous time, even if I had to get irrate about the sandwiches before they would fix them, and even if I did have to be the one to sit by the puking toddler. Poor baby!

[rethought.livejournal.com]

Oooh...scary Rona. :)

I do love renting a car and going out wandering once in a while. I'm good about not needing a car, but sometimes it just can't be helped.

[toosuto.livejournal.com]

She was in full crank mode for lunch at the castle cafe: she's so cute when's she's defiant (most times).

I love not needing a car. But I miss being able to just go someplace without doing the bus calculation in my brains or consulting a schedule (or worse realizing it's too late because transport just isn't happening that day). I even almost missed driving at least until I my leg started cramping up.