Stirling, UK to Inverness, UK. This part of the journey gave us our first real taste of true Scottish scenery. A quick stop in the much hyped Perth remained a quick stop - not much happening on a Sunday morning here. The one thing Perth does offer is the beginning of the picturesque drive along the A9 to Aviemore (TO BE CONTINUED AFTER REVIEWING PHOTOS). From Aviemore it was a quick drive to Inverness, our next port of call. Mysteriously arriving at campsite #...

Bakewell, UK to Stirling, UK via Hadrian's Wall. Early rise, early start. A quick shower and an equally frustrating battle with dismantling the tent saw us back on the road. Another dreary start to the day could not take anything away from the beauty of the scenery as we wound our way through the Peaks District. Scenery short lived, and back on the motorway to make our major assault on the north. Our next destination was campsite #2 (Auchterarder Caravan Park...

Welcome to our off exploring site, hopefully this will keep you all up to date on me and Gabe's travels. If you don't want to receive the email updates, let me know and I can switch it off on this end. It's seriously no problem. So, we're not quite finished packing and need to go grocery shopping (since we are camping the whole way through this two week extravaganza), but other than that, we are loading up the mini this afternoon after we duck out of work earl...

London, UK to Bakewell, UK. To begin our fantastical journey into the Scottish highlands, both Liz and I took the Friday afternoon off, jumped in the mini, and set out of London to beat the traffic. Our plan was to get a few hours out of town and camp in the picturesque Peaks District. The first few hours of the trip we thought we had beaten the system, only to be stuck in motorway traffic for two hours, only 30 minutes from our destination! Bummer! Persisting i...