Scotland was beginning to live up to its reputation as a wet and misty place as we woke up to rain and cloudy skies for the second day in a row. Inverness would soon be in our rear view mirror. We packed up, checked out of Woodbourne House and headed down the road to Lewiston, a place where the MacDonalds once lived in the 1700s. A walk through the damp cemetery confirmed that many MacDonalds lived and died in Lewiston in that time period, but no direct ancestors were identified. One more stop at Carrachan House, a MacDonald birthplace just outside Lewiston, and then our group split up with Dusty, Cheryl, Allen, and July driving to Fort Augustus to root around Cheryl's family tree and the rest of us heading toward Dornie, our next home in Scotland.
The trip to Dornie was beautiful, and also exciting as we mostly followed a network of secondary roads (single track lanes with periodic wider spots to allow meeting on-coming traffic). Arriving in Dornie was spectacular, as Eileen Donan Castle dominates its setting and even the mists held back so that our view of the castle was not obstructed. Checking into the School House, our new accommodation, and a walk towards the Castle was all we had time for before the other gang arrived.
While waiting for a late dinner table in The Clachan, a cozy pub down the street, the ladies walked to the castle while the men watched England fall to Croatia in the semifinals of the World Cup.
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