One Day

Go day is almost here! We are down to a quart of milk, eight hamburger rolls and a can of soup to clear out the cupboards. The cat is in the garage with boxes of litter and food and water.  Furnace is turned off. Floor swept. Plants watered. Bills paid. I removed my work email from my phone, changed my phone messages, and am deciding if there is a really a good reason to dust before we go.

Blue has been practice packing for some time and it was my turn today. Here are my before and after pictures. The three compression bags Silas gave us each for Christmas certainly made a difference in getting six days of clothes, shoes and sundries in the packs. Blue and I plan to only carry on our one backpack each. If needed we can check the bags coming home depending on how many bottles of whisky and yards of tartan we score.

We have been checking the weather on Islay and in Haltwhistle. Looks like there will be a number of clear days while on the island. This is good news since we plan to hike Dun Nosebridge from which I hope we can see the ocean surrounding the island. They say you can see Ireland from Islay on a clear day, so looking forward to that as well. And the two hour ferry ride back to mainland Scotland should be sunny, too! 

I will share our planned itinerary in a separate post.