Park, Park, Park & Park

This is Michael Wigan, a distant cousin of Bella's father. He lives in a remote part of the Highlands, where his closest town is Helmsdale, 15 miles away.

You stumble on ruins at every turn, it seems.

They lasted 12 years.  They died on Ben Nevis.  We buried them in the bin at the base.

It took us 3.5hours on the way up, and 2.5 on the way down.  Cold at the top, rainy most of the way, and very tough on the legs.  But the kids did it.

We went out on Peter's boat today and caught a half dozen fish- C's first catch. Then he needed to gut them before Louisa turned them into pate. 

This is the most beautiful beach I have ever seen.  It's at the very top of Scotland, and the weather was hot.

Outside Durness, North coast of Scotland.

I went off to my AMTE Power board meeting, and these guys went even further north, by ferry, to Stromness.

John O'Groats, Scotland.  With the Orkney Islands in the distance.

First day of the trip to Scotland.

...from overseas. A full meal of cheeseburgers, corn on the cob, coleslaw, cokes and butterscotch jello pudding for dessert. God bless America!

To a beautiful woman. A few days early.