The night on the banks of lock Ness ended and the sunlight drifted in through the back window of our campervan. I felt the pressure of a long day to somewhere I did not know, fore we had not booked our next campsite between here and Edinburgh. I also felt another pressure and removed myself from the van to find relief.
Upon return, I woke the family and we quickly readied ourselves for the day ahead. We drove up the hill and over the river to the trailhead of the Fall of Foyer. We walked down to the falls. Very touristy. Very confined. Awesome falls, but fenced pretty well. We will not be swimming here. Honestly, a lot of rocks. Probably not possible to swim here.
We went to a local shop at the trail head to grab some cheese and crackers for breakfast on Day 9, as we wouldn’t have enough time for a real breakfast when we head down to Edinburgh.
From there, we drove up to Inverness and Lindsey took a lot of great pictures of Loch Ness and River Ness on the way.
In Inverness, we went to a little pizza place and brewery called Black Isle. Their beer was delicious. They even had 3 Fonteinen Oude Lambik (2020) on draught. From there, to a book store back to the can, and on the road.
A bit after 4:00 PM, I realized we hadn’t booked a campground for the night, so Lindsey was able to find something. We stopped at House of Bruar on the way down for some horrible fish and chips and Lobster. The kids now hate fish and chips…that’s House of Bruar. We should have listed to the guy who recommended the Cod over the Haddock. Might have been better. I had the half lobster…which was good.
Made it to the campground and checked in. Started a load of laundry and went to go visit another waterfall a short walk away. Apparently I forgot the body wash and shampoo at the last campground. Lindsey was not pleased. She and Ellea ended up using hand soap from the bathroom. I was lucky enough to find someone’s leftover Body wash and shampoo combo in the men’s side. Avery preferred to use the dish soap I brought in, so I had the good stuff all to myself. Bed time. Early morning tomorrow to head into Edinburgh. We’ve gotta drop off the van by 10:30 PM.