Inverness Air

Fog drip on the deck this morning

One thing I love to do when we're staying in Inverness is to go outside early in the morning and BREATHE.  It smells delicious--bay trees, pine, saltwater. 

We've stayed in 15 Inverness houses over the years, several for as long as a month, and each has had a deck or patio where I can go outside and have a private morning breathing session.

Every house has had its eccentricities:  One had a former compost toilet, now converted to flush, but somehow a faint odor lingered.  Another had a master bedroom scattered with packages of condoms. One had numerous Buddhas around the house and garden and smelled strongly of incense.  A house with a really lovely view also had mouse droppings all over the kitchen counters.  What about the one we rented twice that had resident bats?  Or the one with a doily at the bottom of every wastebasket?

Whatever, they all had that air. 

Clear weather, beautiful views

Yesterday we walked the trail at Abbott's Lagoon.  Usually, we weenie out and turn around at the bridge where you cross over to sand dunes--too much exertion (lazy!).  But yesterday we walked all the way to the ocean.  Here's a picture to prove it:

We came back to the house and ate hot dogs on the deck, followed by chocolate ice cream.  Vacation food.  Doesn't get any better.