We also stopped in at a children's reading fair where Alice was working. It was set up like a safari and Alice was playing the role of a travel agent, having kids write postcards about their imaginary travels. We thanked her for a great time and said our good-byes.
Back at the house, we woke Adam up - several times - finished packing, and said good-bye to Patrick. He saw us off as Al and Sarah drove us to the dock.
We thought we had plenty of time to grab some lunch, so Al took us to a Fish & Chips shop where we got (what else?) fish and chips. Al and I also got deep-fried black pudding and deep-fried sausage. I really need to get my cholesterol checked.
Sarah insisted that fish and chips taste best standing on a dock, if
you can keep the seagulls away. So we did that until the seagulls
got too aggressive and then we jumped into the car, occasionally throwing
chips out the window to the flock that had accumulated.
| All of that took a little longer than we thought and when we walked
into the terminal, a steward told us that we better run if we didn't want
to miss the boat. We hurriedly bought our tickets, hugged Sarah and
Al, and ran off down the plank to the ferry.
We stowed our luggage as the door closed behind us. I grabbed my camera and ran out on deck. I got this one last picture of Al and Sarah as the boat was leaving the dock. |
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Pulling out of Stornoway. The octagonal building is the ferry terminal. The church to the left is where Sarah and Al were married. |
| We sailed past the Read's house east of town. It's the one in the middle. |  |
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And one last look at Stornoway. Directly behind the ferry terminal
is Lewis Castle and the tower on the hill to the right is the Lewis Monument.
As you can see, it was cloudy so we didn't have the views we did yesterday. |
| In fact, it was so foggy that for most of the journey we could see
only a few hundred feet from the boat. We had a snack in the cafeteria
and read books.
Adam used the traditional American teenager method of passing the time. |
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I was concerned that we'd have trouble finding the bus to Inverness, but there were three of them waiting at the dock. We took the one with the biggest windows so we wouldn't miss anything. Some of the hills we passed were covered in fog, but sometimes the sun came out. Still, it didn't make for good picture taking, even though the views were great.
We had dinner at our hotel in Inverness and turned in early, watching only a little of the Euro 2000 game, because we had an early flight to London.
Next: June 18 & 19, 2000
| Florida to London: Danusia's side trip | ||
| London to Edinburgh: Grey Mare's Tail | ||
| Edinburgh to Luing: Edinburgh Castle, the ferry to Luing | ||
| Luing to Aviemore: Hill climbing, grey weather | ||
| Aviemore to Foyers: Glenfiddich distillery, Loch Ness, Falls of Foyers | ||
| Foyers to Glen Sheil: More of Loch Ness and Falls of Foyers, Urquhart Castle, Glen Sheil | ||
| Glen Sheil to Stornoway: Eilean Donan Castle, ferry from Uig to Tarbert | ||
| Stornoway, Luskentyre and Tarbert | ||
| Callanish | ||
| Dail Mor | ||
| Ceilidh on the lawn | ||
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June 17, 2000
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Stornoway to Inverness: A quick good-bye, foggy ferry ride, bus to Inverness | |
| Inverness to London: Hot Hamlet, Floridians get sunburned |
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