Loch Ness

Our last full day in Scotland we made our way just north of Fort William to the town of Fort Augustus, the southern tip of Loch Ness. It was POURING rain.  We learned quickly that some of our rain gear wasn't quite up to par!  We still had a good time.  This was the worst of our rainy weather on this trip.  One day out of 9 isn't too bad!

Crossing over Neptune's Staircase, a series of locks that takes 90 minutes for boats to pass through. 

Filling up the lock to allow the boats to move on.

Nessie!

This tiny village also has a Highland & Rare Breeds Farm.  There's not much to it, but it's cheap and what kid doesn't love animals?  Our main desire to go was to see a Highland Cow.  We'd been scouring the landscape to see a highland cow on this trip with no luck.  Finally, on our last day we saw one.

Isn't he cute?!

Three horns!

My kids had been wanting to snap their own photos.  In trying to take a photo of a fluffy white chicken through a fence, Karis focused on the fence instead.  I actually think it turned out really cool!!

On our way back to our B&B we wanted to see the viaduct one more time.  Just gorgeous!!

The monument in the photo below is the Glenfinnan Monument.  What a gorgeous view!

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