Back around Glencoe Valley, we were exploring a few different spots. Liz had a place in mind, and was trying to track it down.
We eventually found it: the Meeting of Three Waters. There wasn’t a ton of easy parking, but we found some spots, hopped a small fence, and hiked our way up to several small pools/rivers.
We’d stopped here briefly, during our last visit to Scotland. But the weather was rough, and we didn’t walk all that far.
This time though – we were heading further, with more to traverse (some bridges, as well as a rock scramble).
En route to Glencoe, stopping off at the Falls of Falloch.
Our hotel this time around was in downtown Glasgow, at Native. I dropped off Liz and our luggage, and left her to check in while I parked the car in a nearby garage.
On arriving, I learned that we had been upgraded – and were now in one of the suites on the top floor.
It’s the big travel day! We have a late night flight that leaves O’Hare, so we both ended up working a full day. But then got the house all packed up, got the water line shut off, the lights on timers, and reset the AC for vacation mode.
As is tradition, we paused for a small dram to kick off the departure.
Liz and I trekked out to the suburbs tonight, for an early dinner and gathering and Michelle and Mike’s place. It’s been a while since we last gathered (January, I think it was). And tonight we resumed our “reading” of 2024 Costco Whisky Collection.
That said, I think at the rate we’re going… we’ll be lucky to meet one more time before the 2025 edition comes out.
Normally, Liz and I tend to leave in the late morning to trek home to Chicago. But today, we decided to stay a little longer – not rush right out the door, and just hang out a bit more.
A pretty lazy day, today. We milled about the house, and mostly took the morning and early afternoon very, very slowly.
Late in the evening, we were having drinks and hanging out in the living room (one of the neighbors [Jill] stopped by to join us). Someone mentioned ice cream, and on a whim… Liz and I decided to rush out to the White Duck before they closed.
We ended up hanging out at Gil and Jen’s house, a few doors down. I didn’t take any photos really, but got this one of all the sisters doing a silly set of poses on the stairs.
We had an appointment today to see a second vet, for a second opinion. Our primary vet, despite the various tests and scans we’ve done, didn’t have a lot of recommendations for us. And so we’re trying to see if there might be any other options available to Hazel at all.
Big day, today! A while back I saw that Hidden Brain was doing a live tour! With Shankar Vedantam sharing insights spanning the ten year the podcast has been on the air.
I got two tickets, and realized later that they were on the same day I was slated to participate in 20×2 Chicago. Busy, busy day.
After work, we suited up and headed outside – trying to take advantage of the longer days, and trying to get a bit of fence time after the work day.
Bought a new siding nailer, and getting ready to load it up with nails. The thirteen year old in me is clapping his hands, and jumping up and down.
While we are still using our jigs to determine the placement of the top board, it was difficult to see where to screw in. Liz got the measurement and we used a chalk line to figure out where they go.