I’m not sure I was ready to come home, but I’m glad to be here. The plane trip (7 hours), plus getting through customs (another 7 hours…well…not exactly, but it felt like it), going through security for a second time before catching our flight to Indy, was difficult at times, but mostly smooth. It was…

I read that Puffins wouldn’t be out until late April. We would be close to the Staffa Island, where the Puffins nest (later in April), but we stayed at Iona Abby and wouldn’t have a chance to go to the Island. Then I learned that some from the Abby would take a trip to Staffa…

We spent two nights in Fort William, which only gave us a day to do any hiking. We ended up focusing on two activities, both of which included a lot of walking. When I looked at my Fitbit, we had logged 30,000 steps on the day and covered 334 “floors”. We took the Gondola up…

Instead of writing a lot of words, I decided to share a lot of pictures from our time on the Isle of Iona. To say it was beautiful is an understatement. The birds you see in some of the pictures are Puffins. I may write more about that experience later.

I live streamed this until the wind was so bad i thought I’d drop my phone into the ocean.