My byline for this post was going to be: "What is more likely, seeing the Loch Ness Monster or winning the Powerball lottery........twice. My answer has changed, you will have to read all of today's blog for the reason.
Today we circumnavigated the Loch Ness, or Lake Ness. It is the largest and deepest of all the lakes of Scotland, indeed, its volume is greater than all the lakes in England and Scotland. Lake Tahoe, eat your heart out.
We also discovered the Caledonian Canal. This is a 60 mile long series of locks that connect other loch's with the Loch Ness. Completed in 1820, it was the technological wonder of the world. In looking at it initially, we weren't sure if it still remained as a tourist attraction or what. Made of stone, no concrete with the turnstiles needed to crank the gates open by hand. Then in came a couple of sailboats and the locks were drained and filled as needed. Not by hand now, but other than a spruce up in 1980's, it works the same today as it did almost 200 years ago.
Now, we turned out attention to the Loch Ness and a possible Nessie sighting. Depending on who you read, a monster has been sighted either never, or thousands of times. The first hint of a sighting comes from around 400 BC. Right. Most sightings have been debunked, but not all. There are two visitor's centers on the loch. Both, for an entrance fee, indicate there is a fairly average possibility that their might be something out there. Maybe. Now, thanks for your entrance fee and carry on. I even found this coffee mug in a gift shop.
But, on our final stop on our way back to Inverness for dinner, we did stop at the only beach on Loch Ness. First, as we arrived at the beach, we saw two "objects" coming toward us. It this Nessie and her baby?? No it was two swimmers, one with an inflated 'dry-bag' on this back. (kinda looked like a monster). He drags himself out of the water, takes his dry-bag off and comes up to me with it open. He wanted me to take out his mobile phone and check the miles swam; 1.8. He and his wife were pleased.
As we were walking down the beach, we spied something odd a hundred yards ahead. As we approached, there was police tape surrounding it and a guard, below are the photos we took.
Today we circumnavigated the Loch Ness, or Lake Ness. It is the largest and deepest of all the lakes of Scotland, indeed, its volume is greater than all the lakes in England and Scotland. Lake Tahoe, eat your heart out.
We also discovered the Caledonian Canal. This is a 60 mile long series of locks that connect other loch's with the Loch Ness. Completed in 1820, it was the technological wonder of the world. In looking at it initially, we weren't sure if it still remained as a tourist attraction or what. Made of stone, no concrete with the turnstiles needed to crank the gates open by hand. Then in came a couple of sailboats and the locks were drained and filled as needed. Not by hand now, but other than a spruce up in 1980's, it works the same today as it did almost 200 years ago.
But, on our final stop on our way back to Inverness for dinner, we did stop at the only beach on Loch Ness. First, as we arrived at the beach, we saw two "objects" coming toward us. It this Nessie and her baby?? No it was two swimmers, one with an inflated 'dry-bag' on this back. (kinda looked like a monster). He drags himself out of the water, takes his dry-bag off and comes up to me with it open. He wanted me to take out his mobile phone and check the miles swam; 1.8. He and his wife were pleased.
As we were walking down the beach, we spied something odd a hundred yards ahead. As we approached, there was police tape surrounding it and a guard, below are the photos we took.
Now, we have three possible explanations here. 1) it is April 1st, no, it is June 28. 2) this is the actually carcass of Nessie, although there is no smell and why are the small intestines in the thoracic area?, or 3) they are filming a new Loch Ness Monster movie.
Our conclusion is #3. In town we spied this:
Movie trucks. Damn.
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