120 months. 10 years. However it is measured, the time since our wedding has gone by so very fast.
We took a road trip to celebrate. The trip was pitched as a tour of the Highlands with stops in a couple of little towns, a waterfall, the Queen's View and concluded with a stop at a scotch whiskey distillery for a tour and a ‘wee dram’.
And so we went all in.
Our point of demarcation was a small, hectic filled little coffee shop chock full of folks waiting for their tour bus. The opportunity for coffee and pasties was too tempting to pass up.
The first stop was in Dunkeld where we explored a beautiful little cathedral located near the River Tay. As with most Scottish history, it had more than a tinge of the madness of war and slaughter in the name of greed and power. It seemed so out of place and possibility in this bucolic setting.
The next stop was the Hermitage and its spectacular waterfall. It was at this point that we remarked to each other that things were beginning to look a lot like home.
This particular waterfall could easily have been located on the Black River in the Upper Peninsula.
We then stopped at little place called Pitlochery (‘pit’ and ‘loch’ have their own special history) for lunch and then further on in to the Highlands, which were SPECTACULARLY BEAUTIFUL. (We want to go back and spend more time there.)
On the return we visited a whisky distillery in Aberfeldy, that included (ahem) a tasting. We are bringing home a whole bottle’s worth of tastings, a fair amount of knowledge about distilling scotch, and even a piece of a barrel stave to turn in to pens.
Our guide for the distillery tour, Dennis, used his ample brogue as well as his long term experience with the spirits to make the tour fascinating. Here he is near the end of the tour at a special tasting of 24 year old scotch.
Tomorrow: An Anniversary to Remember (Part 2), The Angels' Share.
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