June 12

June 12th (sunny day – stormy evening)
Our destination today was to a place outside of Inverness called Rosemarkie where we were hoping to watch dolphins. The drive was spectacular through the highest points in the Scottish Highlands, including the highest town called Tomintoule, as well as beautiful green treed areas resembling parts of B.C. The car was a little slow going up some of the mountains and I had to throw it into low gear a few times. It is running well and so far, we still have no complaints. We were surprised to see a couple of ski areas.
Picked up a smoked pork hock and ingredients to make a pea soup for dinner. The soup really hit the spot because when we got to the coastal campsite at Rosemarkie, it was so cold, rainy and blustery that the birds walked instead of their normal mode of travel. Because of the weather we opted to watch the dolphins with the aid of binoculars. As all the electric hookups were occupied, we couldn’t use our heater and kept the pop up roof down to conserve the heat from our candle and stove while cooking. Had a few drinks, (I like the Scottish cider), played our usual game of crib and hit the sack early.