On the road to: Isle of Skye

We ate another b-fest of sausage, bacon, eggs, beans, tomato, toast, cereal, coffee (you get the idea, lots of food) and then headed down to Urquhart Castle leaving Lochness - great picture of the castle overlooking the Loch.

We then headed west towards the Isle of Skye and it was a beautiful valley - of mist, clouds, and a feel of surrealism.

Close to the Isle, we came to the famous castle, Eilean Donan - a quick stop there for pix and we were crossing the bridge to the Isle of Skye.

We checked into our B&B (Ashfield) and headed thru Broadford up the northeast coast of the island - for what was some of the most stunning landscape of the trip. Waterfalls, cliffs, rivers, the coastline and the landscape just kept coming towards us like a 3D movie as we took every crazy corner of the road. We stopped at the port of Portree for lunch right on the ocean and then made our way up the coast - besides a fantastic hike in the Quaraing that allowed us to see the ocean across a lake (picture shown), we saw the "Old Man of Storr" and "Kilt Rock". Fantastic views that take your breathe away... by the way, the isle is open range, so sheep would be literally on the road as you drove, you had to be careful or you might make your own unanticipated lamb chops. We made it to the castle on the north side of the island and then began to make our way back down around the loop. We stopped for dinner in Broadford at the Donollie Hotel and listened to a satirical (and hysterically funny) keyboard singer/entertainer. Then, it was time to go to sleep....