Living the Legend, Sailing the Loch

She will rise from the deep
She will pass by the shore
'Neath the summer sun, autumn moon
So hazy
And the people will come
With their boats and their guns
But they'll never find our
Lady of the Loch.

- Steve McDonald, "Lady of the Loch"

After a good Scottish breakfast of smoked kippers and black pudding, today we lived the legend and sailed on the loch, Loch Ness! It was cold and windy. In true Scottish style the weather changed every 15 minutes from rainy, sunny, to snowy. We wore 2 coats each, a heavy winter coat underneath and a good LL Bean raincoat over top, and we were probably the warmest people on the water. The boat came equipped with sonar so you could see what was happening underneath it in the water, just incase the monster swims by. Most people these days believe the monster is a leftover plesiosaur family that survived the ice age. This could be possible as the loch itself is left over from a melted ice age glacier, and there are many other lochs in the highlands besides Ness that also claim  to have a similar beastie. Ness btw, is a norse word for headland.

While we didn't see the monster, here we are drinking down 'Nessie' beers on the tour ship the Highland Warrior. 

Afterwards we stopped to visit the town of Inverness. Deek bought a new furry sporran to wear to the wedding reception. We popped into this place for lunch, which never arrived although we ordered it twice. 

Then we went over to Culloden to visit the famous battle site from 1746 where the Jacobites were massacred by the redcoats. This is still a sore subject with many Scots. 

And here I am trying out my new kilt! Got it off the rack, not sure which tartan this is. But I thought it would look good around the holidays.