Pictures from Illinois

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we're further up loch ness tonight, much closer to the end but still about 20 miles from Inverness, our northern terminus. the rain let up from time to time today allowing us some stellar views back across the loch and ahead to drumnadrochit. the trail has taken a much more challenging demeanor today- lots of steep climbs often straight up the cliffs and crags which border the loch on the north side. we took a break at eight miles today in glen moriston for lunch and then traveled the remaining five miles up the way to where i sit now, lochside at 5:00. We're meeting up with many of the same faces each day as we're all traveling at about the same pace and have arrainged destinations all within about 2k of each other. heading to bed shortly after dinner of tea and bread.

Post from Manito Part 1

This is Bug now, posting from Manito, Illinois. Tua and I are visiting my family while Seth is away. The time away is good and we are enjoying some PBS children's programs that are new to Tua (we don't have TV in VT-that should be a bumper sticker). We have been visiting family and resting, playing with new kittens and swimming. We just received internet access out here on the farm so I will try to post some pictures soon. You can see what sort of activities we are up to by checking out my cousin's blog. Click on Chad and Christa on our Show & Tell section.

post from scotland 1

seth here posting from fort augustus on lochness. the journey thus far has been mostly rainy with intervals of sun and then more rain. we've met up with several interesting travelers and have had occasion to share some great meals with many of them along the way. our path today took us from south laggan at the north end of loch lochy and up through the caladonian canal. we're hiking today with a guy named peter, a truck (lorry) driver from leciester. he embodies the average walker we've come to meet along this route- middle aged to slightly older than middle aged folk, mostly from the uk, seeking the adventure and solace which these empty hills and valleys seem to provide. we as yanks, on the other hand as we are somewhat an unpoplular anomoly overseas these days, do provide some sort of topic of converstion with our own presence, if done with a measure of tact and a certain amount of deference. its amazing where self - deprecation can get you. anyway, the pictures will come later and there will be lots, i'm sure. until inverness

Tua at Nonna's

Waffles for Captain Dog

Below are some shots of Tua at breakfast with her favorite breakfast (waffles) and her favorite comrade (Captain Dog). No matter the meal, she always offers a scrap or two to him before she takes a bite. He always declines the offer.

Bag Lady