The End of the Trip

you know you're getting to the end of your trip

when you can't figure out what to do

so you go to the barber

 

but now Benji can say his first real haircut

was in Scotland

 

the barber had a sign saying "no kids under 5"

but the boys were so well behaved while Aaron got his trim

that he pulled out his mickey mouse jungle cape

and sat the boys down for trims of their own

then the newly shorn Isaac and I enjoyed delectable

chocolate treats at the Oban Chocolate Company

(Isaac had a toddler-ccino...steamed milk with cocoa sprinkled on top

he thought he was so grown-up!)

 

walking around town

looking for dragons and gruffalos with his spyglass

a castle

 

a boat so old (predates Vikings?) that the docent said

this will be put in a museum soon

one final distillery tour

 

on the way home we stopped at David Livingstone's birthplace and childhood home

he was one inspirational man

 

we made it home safely

 

our dryer died soon after our return though

fortunately I have an amazing husband who replaced it

while I was at brunch with friends

(he says it's payback for all the whisky tours I let him go on)

 

so Scotland was very worthwhile :-)