It is unquestionably a long way from Idaho to Inverness - both in time and space.
It took us 28 hours to travel the 4,924 miles from our driveway to our hotel situated on the banks of the River Ness. That's 175 miles per hour, slowed down of course by layover times in airports. No wonder I am tired!
Our flights were uneventful, thankfully. The train from Glasgow to Inverness was beautiful once we were north of Perth and into the Cairngorms. The scenery was beautiful. I tried to snap photos from the train - not very successful. I managed a couple of seconds of video at the Drumochter Summit area as our train passed by the sign, not over the summit. That is for a future Highland Scotland Trip.
The train crossed the famous River Spey where the Speyside Whiskies are produced, and we espied Tomatin Distillery on our way by.
One summit the train did ascend was Slochd Summit at 1,300 foot elevation. I have no idea on the pronunciation.
We took a quick 15 minute break once we reached the hotel then headed out to a pub around the corner for a pint, to the grocery Tesco for breakfast and lunch provisions for Saturday's adventure, a quick dinner in the hotel restaurant, and then hours of blessed sleep.