Day 12- Breakfast with Canadians

After spending a lovely evening in Oban, we awoke refreshed and ready to roll. We headed up to the Scottish SeaLife Sanctuary, and had the pleasure of having breakfast with two fellow Canadians. Named Lewis and Isla, they were Canadian River Otters who lived in the sanctuary! After watching those two scamper about for a while, we headed over to the aquarium and saw all sorts of creatures including Albino cave frogs, and a turtle/snake hybrid.

Next stop was Glencoe Visitors Centre, and the beautiful Craig vistas it offered. We stopped to have lunch and then started on the road for our final destination, Fort Augustus and the Loch Ness.

The plethora of people and tour buses, made it easy to identify that we had arrived in Fort Augustus. There was a hive of activity around a Kiosk that gave boat tours of the loch, so we headed over hoping to book a spot for the next day. As luck would have it, there were two spots available on the SPEEDBOAT tour!!! So we forked over some cash and then we were promptly directed to the boathouse to be attired for the ride. When our Captain handed us full on, one piece, winter snowsuits, Liam and I looked at each other and laughed! Total overkill right? We dressed and headed down to the boat, snagging two spots in the prime, front row location. As we putted down the canal leading to the loch Ness, we realized that it was going to be a wet ride in more than one way, as it started to rain! When we reached the Loch the captain opened up the motor and before long we were cruising along at 40 mph all the while being pelted by speeding raindrops. I soon recanted my original scoff at the snowsuits, and wished I had mittens and a toque. We travelled quite a ways down the loch, stopping at the Urquhart Castle before turning to return home. By the time we returned to the dock, I hand lost feelings in my hands and feet, and the rain had gotten worse! We regrettably had to return our snowsuits, and dashed to nearby pizzeria for some warmth and dinner.

After dinner we returned to our campsite, and planned for tomorrows trip up the loch to Inverness.