On the way home we stopped off at a local pub for a few pints of ale and got engaged with a couple of locals and managed to have a long conversation in spite of the hooting and hollering of the normal pub atmosphere. Jo-Anne was in her glory talking with people who were extremely well versed in our politics and who, like us aren’t fond of our current president and are hoping the Democrats will bring our great country out of the dark ages of the last few years … not our words, but theirs. Fun people and a good time and we crawled home …
Saturday. Off to the Thrifty car rental place. Keep in mind that we had snow showers in the morning and then 45 mile an hour wind and showers all day … will summer ever get here … wait it is summer … at least really late spring. While waiting in the queue for the rental car, some 14 year old pulled the fire alarm and everybody had to evacuate the building for about 20 minutes … in the freezing rain. Then Bruce was presented with the brand new Hyundai Santa Fe with 35 miles on it and the damn steering wheel on the wrong side! I had hoped for an older beat up rental like I normally am offered so no one would notice when the mirrors are ripped off. After a fun (read scary) and scenic left hand side of the road trip we arrived at the condo at Moness Country Club in Aberfeldy, about 70 miles north of Edinburgh. Booked through the government Armed Forces Vacation Club www.afvclub.com . With the dollar at a very low point for our government employee friends, this is a deal at $299; actually an RCI time-share let to the government on a space available basis. As we type this the sun is setting on a spectacular view out the front picture window of the Scottish highland landscape … breathtaking!