SCOTLAND. DAY 3. THE MONSTERS OF LOCH NESS
Easter Sunday. It was a rainy morning but the rain did not last long as I drove back from Isle of Skye to Edinburgh. I had to pick up my family at the airport in the evening. The rest of the vacation we would all be together. Along the way back to Edinburgh, I would see more waterfalls (of course!).
There were two waterfalls in Scotland I really wanted to see but did not get a chance to: The Falls of Glomach. This is a 12 mile hike, and I just did not have time to do an all day hike. There is a shorter version of the hike I was hoping to do, but the road to this other trailhead was closed. Strike one. Plodda Falls was also high on my list, but this was just way too far out of my way. Strike two. Instead of these, I went to the Falls of Foyers at Loch Ness. I did not see any monsters at Loch Ness except for the sheep grazing at the end of the lake. The small ones are especially scary. They look cute but they are deadly. Kidding!
It is a long drive to the Falls of Foyers, but it was worth it. It is a very beautiful falls, and monster high at 203 ft. tall. It is a short and easy hike if you do it correctly. However, I did not see the sign (which said “to the falls”), and I went the wrong way. Doh. I ended up going most of the way down the mountain towards the lower falls (which is just a very small one), and then had to climb all the way back up the mountain to the big waterfall. I had my Easter Sunday service at the viewpoint of the waterfall, reading the resurrection passage from my Bible. It was a wonderful morning. Day 3 Part 2 coming soon.