Day to Day Scene: More Mom and Dad

Okay...so it's been ages since any updates on the blog. I've finally got around to putting up a few pictures. After Italy my parents went to Switzerland to visit my mom's sister Alice, and then they eventually made their way from sunny Switzerland, back to even sunnier Italy...and surprise...back to a sunny Scotland! We had a few days together before they flew back to Georgetown, and so we went for a hike up Dumyat and had a picnic (Dumyat's peak is roughly 418m roughly 1200ft which my dad and I hiked a few days later) at the halfway point and watched as my dad disappeared over the brow of the hill to explore the hills. After hearing a rather strange, almost blood curdling howl Pen, mom and I looked around to see if an animal was wounded...it turns out it was Dad's version of a yodel....frightening. All those years of choir practice apparantly haven't helped his yodeling.

We also went to visit the Falkirk Wheel, which is an engineering feat for sure. It stands at 35m or 115 feet in height and is used to transport barges and boats from the lower clyde canal up to the higher union canal. It was pretty neat to see in action!

Then all to quickly it was time for Mom and Dad to jump on the plane back to Canada...and after a bit of a fiasco with their plane (it was delayed by 6 hours) they boarded to return.

It was great to see them, but next time I reckon they need to stay with Penny and I for a week....there's still so much of Scotland for them to see!!