Loch Lomand

Our excursion was, again, a drive through the countryside as we took a bus trip to Loch Lomand, made famous by Scottish song. At least now we know what the "low road" and "high road" mean and why the person taking the low road gets there first.
Since we had an afternoon excursion, Mary and I spent much of the morning wandering around the town of Greenock. We saw a few interesting shops before finding an 80 store shopping mall.
Our bus trip first stopped at a resort village called "Loss" which is on the shores of Loch Lomand. ("loch" is celtic for "lake") It was a pretty lake, but very cold. Only had a couple of swimmers in it.
After leaving Loss, we took a rather pretty bus ride through the Scottish Highlands, ending up at a ferry terminal where we crossed the Firth of Clyde and headed back to our ship.
The big surprise of the day was that our ship actually got a Scottish sendoff! Virtually every port has some local there to greet the passengers upon arrival, but this is the first time in 9 cruses we've had a send off. A bagpipe band played 4 numbers and a tour guides stood on the dock and waived flags as the ship pulled away. It was very impressive! People were lining the port side balconies and clapping as each number was finished. I recorded a short video segment of the bagpipe band but need to wait for home before uploading it due to internet bandwidth.
PS This post is a bit late since the ship internet has been down since yesterday morning (about 30 hours ago)