Week ending March 25, 2013

On Friday, we left the mission office about 1:00 to start our trip.  We headed north on our way to the Isle of Skye.  On the way north we were stopped because we were told two Lorries (trucks ) had tipped over because of snow on the roads and it would be up to two hours before they were cleared up.  We were close to a turning point and so we decided to retrace our steps and go west by another route.  We ended up on some very narrow roads and had the sisters scared that we would get stuck up on top of the mountain and never be found.  We made it though and ended up in the very same place that we had been stopped.  We had made a complete circle in about two hours.  When we went to ask when they thought the road would open they thought it might be soon.  It did, and we were on our way again.  We arrived at the hotel about 9:20 which was three hours later than we thought we would.  Bill was tired but by the next morning we were up and going again.

Our hotel on the Isle of Sky

We were on the hunt for sea shells and we found lots in the exact same spot that Lee, Adell and I found them last year.  From there we were going to see Eilean Donan Castle.  We got there and it was closed for the day because of a power outage. 

We went into Ft. Williams and wandered around their main street and into a museum telling the history of the Jacobite Rebellion. I learned that we do not want to claim our Campbell history.  They were not very nice.  They were invited into the homes and were fed and given a bed and then in the middle of the night murdered their hosts.

Whipping table-a person was laid out on the table and then punished for breaking the law

We arrived in Oban where we were spending the night.  They are the seafood capital and we had a wonderful dinner on the pier.  I had salmon mouse as an appetizer and then haddock Moray dinner.

Our hotel in Oban

Sunday we had let the Oban Branch know that we were coming and would be willing to help in any way they could use us.  They meet at the Oban High School and have between 5-32 people come as an average.  Thirty two is in the summer when all the visitors come. 

High School in Oban

They had the Branch President and his wife show up and the High Councilman and his wife from Glasgow, all the members called in their excuses.  So we had Sunday School, taught by the Branch President, music was lead by his wife and music was a CD.  The Sacrament was blessed by the Branch President and passed by the High Councilman.  Then we four from the office spoke as well as the couple from Glasgow.  So everyone there participated.  It was a wonderful experience with eight of us there and six were visitors.

We got back home about 5:30 and had a wonderful weekend.