It has been a fun last few days. Meryl and I took the train to Inverness, Scotland in the Highlands. Our B&B was located on the river Ness which flows from Loch Ness. The river was beautiful and many old Scottish fishermen were about fishing for Salmon with fly rods. A closer look showed that the fly rods were over 15 feet long and the could easily cast the entire width of the river. Meryl and I were able to rent a flyrod and buy a few flies for a small fortune. We were able to make a few fish rise, but meryl as usual brought home the prize fish!
We took a local bus to the Glen Ord Distillery and sampled the 12 year old Singleton Scotch. The tour was awesome. I was able to stick my head into a big fermenting vat and smell the rumbling malted barley. The yeast shot up my nose and i felt like i was hit by an olympic boxer ( if you have never had a nose ful of active yeast i highly reccommend it...similar to a nostril full of wasabi but with a citrus-like freshness) Kablam! We tasted the whisky and i remembered that meryl has a not-so-fond-of/ extreme indifference to the stuff. A local whisky bar recommend i 'start her on MacCallen 10 year old'!
We sipped cask ale and Guinness at a local music club and enjoyed some local culture. This skinny fellow danced his heart out.
WE FOUND JESUS...He was at a golf course! We passed a church on the walk to the distillery with this poster...
Now we are leaving Scotland for London to watch Sam's race (on sunday). We have a cowbell, a Montana Flag and we've been resting our voices so we can yell at peak decibel levels!
GO SAM!!!!
F&M
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