hikes hikes more hikes and criminally good food

Complimentary breakfast croissant with jam from our AirBnb couple this morning with french press coffee (new first for shane, at least). After that, we headed out for a hike to a nearby lighthouse (the Rubha nan Gall Lighthouse) - so we walked to town (about half a mile, dropping about 300 vertical feet) then turned left and hit stores, etc. to the northern edge of town where the trail started. The trail sidehills along the eastern shoreline headed north and..... as you might guess, turns out at a lighthouse on the NE end of the island. It was about a ~2.6mile round trip back to town. Great scenery along the way, and TONS of trail traffic from a cruise ship that was in town today. The cruise originated in Liverpool and is working its way towards Norway before heading back.

Following that, we hit a bakery in town for lunch, which tragically didn't serve beer.

Then we moseyed to the south end of town and hit the Aros Park Trail hike which originates from the south end of town and also proceeds along the shoreline - also up on the hillside with of course..... great views. At the far end of the trip we encountered 3 chaps (men in Scotland....) playing frisbee golf in the middle of the afternoon on a Tuesday. Great times.

Once we got back to town we hiked back up to the car, and drove out to Glengorm castle that has yet another weird circle of those stand-up-stones, like a po-boy stonehenge. More hairy coos along the hike route.

As soon as we got back to camp, we walked down to the shoreline for dinner at a fancy fish restaurant (Cafe Fish): http://www.thecafefish.com/

Shane had a plate of langoustines, which are like small scale lobsters. We'd never heard of those before. Deanna had a plate of mixed fish (salmon, haddock, smoked haddock, and mussels) with rice and an awesome sauce. Again..... walked back to the house. Poor dogs are barking after hiking about ~8 miles and probably put on around 1000-2000 feet of total vertical climb in all of that. We leave the Isle of Mull tomorrow and head along Loch Lomond (famous song....) headed to Glasgow in search of the perfect kilt and matching beverage.