hello all, at the moment things here are very errie. There is silence in the house. Sister in law Liz has wisked the kids away to see a movie and then spend the night. Tomorrow they will go to Dundee and see a docked ship called Discovery. I have not seen the house this quiet since I arrived!
Can't remember when I last wrote. Ron made it home safely and through customs ok. His Claymore and Randy's basket sword were fine. No one can say we didn't make use of the time when he was here. We put unheard of milage on a rental car here, but it was all fantastic. Tuesday night we got whisked away to an icehockey match by my nephew. Brilliant fun even if our team did loose. Cal Brown, the first manager of the New Mexico Scorpians used to play for this team - the Fife flyers. Randy bought a hat and Misty a puck. Another family member managed to wrangle Randy a game puck, and is getting him the scarf. Darrian managed to get a ticket stub back for Randy as they take the whole thing away. Some guy who had been watching all the goings on told Randy there was some left over ice if he wanted to take that home as well!!! Brought back some old memories. These stadiums have no plexiglass so if a puck goes off the ice it is ALL DUCK! What a laugh. We hope to get to another game before we leave. Misty will vault again this Monday and my sister in law will take her. She'll have to miss a week as Caitlin's dad did not manage to get a day off as he had hoped. She will make it to the party. They wanted to try to plan a barrel competition, but I think time has gone in too quickly really. LAst week we went up early to do some shopping and get Misty a shirt even if the place does have horren dously high prices. It felt good walking through the front doors after having been shoo'ed off so many times as a kid. They actually greeted us as we went in. If you are not fmiliar with Gleneagles check it out on the net. What a place! Right before Ron left we also went back to the McLaren kirk in the daylight. It is so funny that Rob Roy MacGregor and other MacGregors are burried there as it was the MacGregors that slaughtered the McLarens. Amazing place this. New Church was left open for all to enter. They have several very historic items just out on display with no one insight to keep an eye on things. One is the grave covering of ST. Angus burried in 750A.D. We decided to walk to a water fall and found a sign to the Creg an Turic the boar's rock and decided to follow it. We had no idea just how far we had to climb!!!! I was so glad we did. What a view of the valley and loch below. I can just see my ancestors ra llying the clan here. Followed a single track road to a hotel to find something to eat.Only place for miles. Found out dinner plates cost �30 per person ( 45 dollars) oops we were stuck! They only serve what they grow,raise, or hunt on the property. We managed 3 sandwiches and 3 drinks and were relieved to find that we did not have to wash dishes. Smile. Kids had decide to stay home that day so my sister went with us. Before Ron left we managed up to Inverness, Lochness and the Isle of Skye. All you can see is sheep . Sheep everywhere. Outside of Inverness is a place called Fort George. We were able to visit this 16th century sronghold that is still in use today. It was wierd looking around the place and seeing soldiers everywhere. We were never sure where we could go and where we couldn't. This was where th e boys got their swords. Have made a few bus trips this week. It has been funny trying to get big shopping bags on a bus. Sa turday we took a train the Edinburgh to meet a Ranger net friend of mine from England. He drove up with his friend to see us. We had a great day and weather was cold but clear. We visited Edinburgh castle and ate lunch there. In early evening w took the Scottish Herratage Distillery tour. It is a neat presentation of the history and process of making whiskey (means water of life). It was quite educational. We had visited with Ron, but I learned more this trip. Apparently whiskey makes up 90 of export from Scotland. AMAZING!!! Our evening meal was Indian cusine. Only the second Indian mea l I've eaten in 20 years and the last time was when Brian and his wife tr eated us when the came to the states. Kids ate fried rice, but I went for a true meal and was not d issapointed. This week the kids start karate and I get to visit with some old junior school friends, a lady I us ed to work with, my old barber (yes, barber) who used to have Scotand's only country and western ba nd, and a girl I was an aid to one Red Cross camp. Found out my old Pastor is going through a divorce and has moved away. I don't know if I'Ll see him or not. Some scandles ahve been happening at the church too. It is a real shame. Been funny without Ron here to share it all with. Love and God Bless to all Lorraine P.S. please pass on. -- <Created and sent to you using the Amstrad e-m@iler> _______ This mailing list is dedicated to the glory of God. Let the Golden Rule be your daily rule. Offering bucket: http://eBible.org/mpj/partner.htm To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
