Driving in the highlands

Well, Kelli and I have had a lot of fun thus far. We went driving yesterday to the northern most point of mainland Britain, and looked over the beautiful horizon to the Orkney Islands. Interestingly, driving in the Northern Highlands is oddly similar to driving the road to Hana in Maui. The roads wind tightly around the coastline, weaving in and out with the landscape. Both boast incredible views over the water as well as lush green fields and forests. Now, of course, the weather is a bit different, though both receive a good amount of rain and rainbows, and the kind of lush greenery you see is certainly different, but you can't help to be in awe driving alongside either one.


Along the way we saw a lot of animals: horses, sheep, cows, sheep, highland cows and more sheep. My favorite have always been the highland cows. I just want to hug one. These ones watched us as we drove by.

This is all the way up on the northernmost tip of mainland Britain. The water is incredibly blue, and as you can tell (which was shocking), it was a beautiful day. In fact, it got all the way up to 80 degrees (or maybe just 40).

Just like back home they have the crazy X-Files wind farms. These were right by the road though which made it seem even more odd.

This was an entrance to a castle that is now privately owned. We were going to sneak in but decided not to. Pretty sweet looking though.

All in all, we had a great driving experience. The wandering experience was not the greatest (stay tuned for updates), but it was truly beautiful. What is nice about the Highlands this time of year is that if you time it right, and if you are willing to have a long lunch, you can begin to have lunch while watching the sunrise and then when you are having desert you are watching the sunset! Actually, the Sun and the Moon were at about the same height in the sky at the same time which was weird, and it was like 1 in the afternoon. Crazy.