Canada Day! - Day 2

Nathan has been hogging this blog lately, for someone who did not want to have one at all he sure seems to be avid about keeping everyone in the know. But I thought it about time to share a little about our life from my perspective. As Nathan has already mentioned we have left our wonderful family in Aberfoyle and moved on to a tour of Northern Scotland. 

Scotland is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been and words nor pictures seem to capture its beauty. Today we officially began driving through the Highlands and they are even more magical than I described the forests in Aberfoyle. This is the place for Nathan and I, there are waterfalls coming out of every crack and I mean every crack, you can stand in one spot and be able to see 5 waterfalls. And the mountains are just majestic! We had a short stop over in a village called Glencoe which was the home of the Glencoe massacre if you want to look it up it is quite an interesting historical read, and were able to go for a wee hike up the mountains over a river and passed a waterfall it was incredible! The mountains are definitely a glimpse into the powerful God we serve! Then we continued throughout the day just winding in and out and up and down around the mountains, it actually was at times making me car sick and I never get car sick but its constant S turns. We stopped over and saw many monuments and castles and historically significant things that Nathan loved to both read and climb. He is beginning to get a reputation among our fellow tour mates as a monkey man, because he literally hops up and climbs anything remotely climbable. We had a slight pull over to view a very a Canadian sight, which was relevant since it was Canada Day! One the side of this one mountain these Italians come up and build like hundreds of inukshuk every year, they all get knocked down and blown over when winter comes but they keep coming back to build them every spring! It was an interesting site we were able to share a little Canadian culture, although I could not really answer many of the questions since I do not know the meaning or purpose of them, does anyone?

And as a side note Nathan forgot to post my favourite part about yesterday so I get to show you instead. This is Hamish. He is a highland cow, and they are just the cutest things I have ever seen. They are furry like dogs but look like a cow and have this bright bright red hair! I just loved them! And there were baby ones too! I think we should import some and have them on the farm they would make a good tourist attraction since Caledonia does mean Scotland-it would not be a stretch. 

And as of now we are sitting on the Isle of Skye which so far is turning out to be a amazing mix of the east and west coast, with the feel of a small fishing village but yet with mountain ranges that go on forever! But this trip is definitely an adventure, Nathan and I are beginning to finish each others sentences which has never happened before but that just goes to show how much time we spend together…but it is a wonderful blessing!