While we were in Scotland we had planned on hiking Ben Nevis, which is the tallest peak in Scotland, but when the weather forecast said to was going to be really rainy and yucky we had a change of plans. Stephen did some research and we found a hike up a mountain that was much closer to where we were staying and it was also not as long of a walk, just incase the weather got bad.
They boys were both troopers and started the hike walking. They were both fascinated by everything - the water, trees, dirt, rocks, sticks, and SLUGS! Emerson thought the slugs we so cool that we took a picture of one of them. He spent most of the hike pointing out all the black slugs as we walked past them.
Canyon hanging out in the backpack. As you can see from these pictures it was very foggy/misty that day. It was somewhat eeire walking along and not being able to see very far in front of you. When we walked past the lake pictured below I thought of how it looked more like how I was expecting Loch Ness to be.
We didn't make it to the top. We got pretty close but the weather wasn't getting any better and the hike was getting a lot steeper. We decided to take a break and have some lunch before heading down the mountain.
Eleanor was such a trooper. She did great in the baby carrier and was so comfy that she slept most the time we were on our hike. She is our youngest hiker thus far (just a little something to hold over her brothers heads later on).
Little ice crystals on Stephen's hair and eyebrows. Though it wasn't Ben Nevis we had a great time going for a walk as a family up Ben-ye-Vrackie. (I think it was probably my favorite day of our trip in Scotland.)
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