We’ve both come down with something, so just chilled out in our hotel room. Have a picture of a mall floor cleaner!

Stephanie didn’t feel up for much today, so I did some wandering on my own. I took a route from our hotel down to the far end of the Royal Mile, then up High Street to Edinburgh Castle. It was packed with tourists, even on a Monday afternoon, but I still got some nice shots….

As Stephanie mentioned, we saw a fox on the way to our hotel! At first I was like, “Kitty!”, then realized it was no feline. The train trip was just over three hours, but we had seats next to each other, and watched an ep of Ahsoka, among other things. I got some nice shots…

Yesterday was our last tour from Inverness. But before that could begin, we woke at 5AM to no power. We’d eventually learn there was a fire in a nearby substation, and it took until around 7PM to fix. Even after that, the lifts in our building were disabled until sometime today, leaving us to take…

Two days ago we headed with a hired guide to the Isle of Skye. From Inverness, it’s about 113mi and 2.5h to Portree, one of the major cities on the island. We went further north from there, but that’s a good waypoint if you’re looking it up on a map. The place is just stunning….

Anna met us near part of Loch Ness and guided us along some trails to a bay overlooking the loch. We saw several species of bird including this mallard who gave no fucks: