Wake up to whiskey

Woke up for whiskey this morning!  Our tour of the distillery was at 9:15 this morning.  Nothing wrong with a little whiskey to wake you up, right?  At home we'd call it Scotch.  Here it's called whiskey.  Whatever it's called, no thank you!  Wowsa.  We did a tour of a small distillery by our hotel in Oban.  It's limited in size because the town grew around it and there's no room for it to build around it.  The tour was very informative (a little hard to hear over the noise).  No pictures inside.  She said because of the gas/vapors/fumes but I haven't heard of that before.  Regardless, it was short and sweet and we got a very cute small glass I can use for sipping juice ; )

Next we headed towards Loch Ness, which is the 2nd largest Scottish Loch.  It contains more fresh water than all the lakes in England and Wales combined.  It is more well known for the "sightings" of the Loch Ness monster.  We first stopped to see the Caledonian Canal.  It always fascinating to see it in progress.  There were 2 boats making their way through the canal to higher water.  I'm not sure what it's like at other canals but the people had to tie up their own boat and hold the rope.  Then when it was time to move it to the next part they pulled the boat with their ropes.  Interesting.  After watching that for a bit, we went to a museum about the Loch Ness (we skipped Nessieland).  The museum used short videos to show you the history behind the sightings, exploration and theories.  They showed how certain sightings could actually be other things.  I am leaning towards the sturgeon explanation myself.

A modern day bagpiper checking his phone (photo op available for a price)

 The canal

 Boats waiting while water rises

It's opening...

Going through...

I FOUND HER!!  Shhhhh, don't tell anyone!  ; )