SCOTLAND! ! !

I spent 10 days in Scotland - one day in Glasgow, 6 days on the Isle of Mull, 2 days in Fort William, and one day in Edinburgh. We were incredibly fortunate with sunny, hot weather the whole time. The field trip was amazing, but there was a lot of traveling around to see the other places and I'm glad to be back.

Funny statue in front of the Glasgow Modern Art Museum

Old school taxi

Our 'cottage' on Mull

Our beach!

Sheela relaxing at the beach during lunchtime.

The farmer is herding his sheep to the fields. This picture was taken right outside our cottage.

Radial mica in a pegmatite unit.

Geology friends: Rob, Zach, Pam, & Eric

Fit the part

Lil Lambs!

One of our stops

Another one of our stops - coooooold Atlantic Ocean!

Seafood catcher of some sort. 

Isle of Iona

Iona Abbey

On our way to Fort William

After our field trip, Ellie and I headed north to the highlands to hike Ben Nevis - the tallest mountain in the UK. It took us 5 and a half hours to go up and down. Being from MT, it was nothing, but to the locals, it's a HUGE feat. Kind of funny.

Hiking Ben Nevis. Most of the trail for the first half was built like these steps. 

 was really tough on the ol' legs to climb up stairs instead of an inclined path.

The hostel: It used to be an old barn and has been converted into a bunkhouse and restaurant

Waterfall.

Getting into some snowy weather near the top

Made it to the top! All 4,406 feet of it! We encountered some pretty terrible weather with low visibility and high wind (notice my hanky tied to the right strap of my backpack), but we found it.

Sheela came with me to the top.

Edinburgh