On the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond... and beyond

I heard it.  As we were driving through the rolling hills of the scottish highlands down the shores of Loch Lomond, I heard the faint sound of a scotsman singing...

"Oh, you'll take the high road and I'll take the low road
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye.
Oh me and my true love will ne'er meet again,
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond".

As it got louder and ever so slightly out of tune, I looked over and realized it was Erik, who although not a native-scotsman, does put on a good accent and would look very sexy in a kilt.  He remembers singing this tune at his McLane family gatherings and felt inspired that it become our scottish roadtrip soundtrack song.  Loch Lomond is a beautiful inland lake at the gateway to the highlands and we've posted a few pictures of it below.  We stopped for a quick peek at it on our way to the Isle of Mull, our second day of the trip.

We then carried onto Oban, a small port town which houses a large ferry terminal accessing the islands.  We had some time to kill so we drove up to the Scottish Sealife Sanctuary, which was small but really interesting. The kids enjoyed the touch pool demonstration, that is until some crazed little girl managed to (impressively) body-check both Rowan and Walker off the end of the bench as she shouted "LET MEEEEE SEEEEEEE"!  Rowan was quite tolerant of the little heathen until she threw the snail she was holding into the pool shouting "EWwwwwww".  There are a few things Rowan has no patience for, and chucking sealife around roughly is one of them.

After we coo'ed over the cute seals and the two sweet Canadian otters, it was time to make our way over to the ferry terminal.  We enjoyed a smooth and sunny ferry ride over to the Isle of Mull, and spotted a few dolphins!  It is so beautiful here!  Stay tuned to read about our time on Mull!