Our second day in Inverness started with a boat trip on the Loch Ness and then a drop off at Urquhart Castle for an hour. I wanted to be first in line so we could get a great seat to see the Loch Ness Monster just in case he decided to appear that day. We got an amazing seat at the top of the boat but the crew did not warn us that on moderately wavy days the top of the boat is like a log ride at an amusement park. The first splash just sprinkled us a little and then it was like we were in a monsoon. We grab Lucy and take off for the bottom of the boat almost falling in the process down the stairs but we made it down safely but completely soaked. And I mean soaked! Poor Lucy was traumatized by her first boat ride and held on to me the whole time and anytime the boat rocked too much she would just moan. She did not enjoy the boat ride to the castle. We thought for sure she would never want to get on a boat again. We arrived at Urquhart Castle which offered some of the most amazing views I have ever seen. You can see for yourself in the slide show.The earliest history of the castle may begin in the time of St. Columba in the 6th century. Of course like many of the other castles in Scotland it was burned down so now it is in ruins. After we walked through the ruins we headed back to the dock to get on the boat. We were certain Lucy would throw a fit about getting on the boat again but she ended up loving the boat ride back and loved looking out the back window. After our wet boat ride we went back to the city center of Inverness to take a look at some of the cathedrals, the Victorian Market and Leakey's secondhand bookshop. Inverness is a very small town but has some great sites to see. On our way back to the apartment to settle in for the night we passed Heroes for Sale which is where Zac had the highlight of his vacation. There was a life size Hans Solo frozen in carbonite. He was so excited about this and actually wanted to buy it and have it shipped back. Clifton called and found out it wasn't for sale. Zac was still extremely excited that he was able to see it. When we got home I gave Jamie a pedicure because she had walked so much and she needed one. Lucy was amazed by what was going on and kept putting up her foot to get the same thing done to her and then she wanted to do it to Jamie or I. It was pretty funny! After we put Lucy to bed we hung out on our balcony and there was a Seagull near us and Jamie thought it would be a genius idea to feed it some bread so that his friends would come. Well I told her the Scottish seagulls are not friendly and extremely scary. She soon believed me. Another seagull came to join the party and so now we had two seagulls begging for bread. We decided to go in and they literally stalked us at the doors and windows for the remainder of the night. They had there heads right up by the door just staring in waiting for more bread. Jamie learned her lesson about the seagulls. Don't mess with Scottish seagulls ever! They are crazy. We then went to bed after a very eventful day but we still had another one left.
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