Maybe My Agenda Is A Little Aggressive

We woke up in a very pretty community park with a few other campers. We checked in with staff explaining we arrived late and let ourselves in. They were very friendly and gave us all kinds of information on places to visit nearby. When they heard our plans for the day, they just smiled. Well, I understand why now. We only made it halfway to where we'd planned. Firstly, the camper is not very well outfitted, so I had a long list of supplies we needed. Finding the stores we needed was a little challenging. Google Maps had us in a couple of unbelievable places. Randy kept his cool even when we ended up in a service area at the top of a shopping center in downtown Perth. Also, once we left the motorways, the roads were very narrow and twisty. 40 miles an hour felt like 80. We adjusted our plans, and I found us a place to park near Loch Ness. The scenery was amazing even before we made it to the Higlands. We made a quick pit stop at Dalwynnie distillery and at Fort Augustus and pulled into the campground around 4. Fort Augustus was pretty cool. We watched a group of boats go through the locks to get into Loch Ness. There are tons of tour buses and visitors. After we parked, we set off for a walk down to Lock Ness to see Urquhart Castle. We were too late to get tickets to walk the grounds, and it was raining, so we walked the two miles and viewed from afar. We are parked at an equestrian center and working farm, so beautiful horses and tons of sheep close by. While we were walking, we ran into a German couple we met at Bunk Campers. They were number 22 to leave and couldn't make it to the park they had reservations at. They ended up in a parking lot in some random neighborhood. After our walk, they joined us in the camper for a drink. There are so many people in tents, and it just won't stop raining. We chatted to a couple of young guys who were having a beer together from their individual tents. When we questioned what they were doing, they laughed and said we were the ones who were out in the rain. Good point. We'll if we waited for the rain to stop, we'd never get outside. We did a load of laundry, had a late dinner, played a few games of cards then off to bed to listen to the rain.Read more