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E-cigarettes help people quit smoking.There. I've said it.
In fact, millions of people have quit smoking or switched to e-cigarettes. And yet statements such as this can get me into trouble because the FDA* regulates e-cigarettes as tobacco products. E-cigarette retailers such as Vaping Vamps can't publicly claim that e-cigarettes can be used a method to quit smoking.
And yet my own daughter quit smoking after using the e-cigarette for about a month. So am I supposed to not disclose that, too?
|My daughter Emma quit smoking after using the e-cigarette for about a month.
Gateway to Smoking?
Anyone who claims that the e-cigarette can be a gateway to smoking traditional cigarettes is sounding a false alarm akin to "the sky is falling!"
Once you invest in e-cigarettes (the most expensive part is the battery), why would you switch to something you know is harmful and that's going to cost you more money? It just doesn't stand up to reason. Vaping is not only smarter than smoking; it's also cheaper.
In fact, research reported in JAMA shows that e-cigarettes are helping people reduce their cigarette use or quit altogether.
Conducted by researchers at the University of Auckland in New Zealand and funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand, the study randomized 657 smokers into three groups: one group was given a 13-week supply of e-cigarettes with 16-mg nicotine, one group was given e-cigarettes with no nicotine, and one group received 21 mg nicotine patches.
After six months, 7.3% in the e-cigarette group had quit smoking, compared with 5.8% with nicotine patches and 4.1% of those using e-cigarettes with no nicotine.
While these numbers may not knock your socks off, the study also found that the e-cigarette users either reduced or quit using cigarettes in large numbers and were less prone to resume smoking for at least six months.
The reason why e-cigarettes can be effective tools to help people quit smoking or reduce their cigarette consumption is because they deliver nicotine (which, while addictive, is not a carcinogen) while mimicking the sensation of smoking.
Smoke from tobacco cigarettes has proven to be the main causes of cancer. The beauty of e-cigarettes is there's no smoke, no ash, no harmful chemicals. The main ingredient, propylene glycol, is the same stuff that's in asthma inhalers, nebulizers and fog machines and it's even found in foods such as sodas, salad dressings, and cake mixes.
How They Work
Electronic cigarettes heat up a liquid-nicotine solution, which turns into a vapor that the user inhales. The e-cigarette delivers a measurable and predictable amount of nicotine. Vaping Vamps sells e-cigarettes with four levels of nicotine: no nicotine, low (6 mg), medium (12 mg) and high (18 mg), or about the same that's in a traditional cigarette.
People who switch over to e-cigarettes tell us they're coughing less, breathing easier and can taste food again. They enjoy the fact they don't stink like smoke -- no more stale breath and smoky smelling hair and clothing. And they're no longer exposing their loved ones to harmful secondhand smoke.
The main part of an e-cigarette is a battery. There are lots of different styles of batteries, but we found that many women like the lighter weight, "pen-style" 510 battery. However, heavier smokers may eventually want to move to a larger battery which is heavier to hold but that produces more vapor.
Are E-Cigarettes Safe?
We keep hearing from opponents who say that not enough research has been done on e-cigarettes. They'll even tell you to wait and see if e-cigarettes are safe in the long run.
Really? They would advise you to keep smoking and wait? Wait for what? Many people have tried to quit using different methods but have been unsuccessful. We think they're doing you a huge disservice by telling you to wait.
E-cigarettes have been around since 2007. About 3.5 million people have used them. A major study conducted by Drexel University examined the vapor and liquid of more than 9,000 e-cigarettes and found no significant levels of contaminants or anything that would pose any health risk. The study affirmed that e-cigarettes posed no health risk to users or bystanders.
In other words, e-cigarettes are "magnitudes" safer than tobacco cigarettes, according to doctors and researchers who have thoroughly studied the devices.
All you have to do is compare e-cigarettes to the alternative. No one has died from using an e-cigarette. And for many people, the choice is just that: between traditional cigarettes, which kill about 450,000 people every year -- or e-cigarettes, which are 99 percent safer than regular cigarettes.
Obviously, quitting cold turkey is probably the best way to quit smoking. But most people need a little help.
So if you've tried quitting and nothing has worked, try an e-cigarette -- the smarter, safer alternative.
And since I'm a vaping vamp, I hasten to add that it's also much sexier than smoking!
*Fortunately, the FDA lost the battle to regulate e-cigarettes as drug delivery devices, which would have kept them off the shelves for years. E-cigarettes are not currently in the category of smoking cessation products called NRT or nicotine replacement therapy. The raging debate before the FDA is the proposal that they create a new category of products called THR or tobacco harm reduction for e-cigarettes.


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Industry News
Simplicity Hair Extensions' New Directions
Simplicity Hair Extensions was purchased last year by On Rite, a company with a long history in the field of hair replacement. On Rite's CEO Andy Wright has moved Simplicity to Fort Lauderdale where On Rite maintains its manufacturing and distribution center. Wright hired his long-time colleague Okyo Sthair to head the Simplicity division. Like Wright, she is a veteran of the hair enhancement industry and just happens to be the inventor and patent holder on Simplicity's unique application method.
MODERN SALON recently talked with Wright and Sthair to learn what the On Rite acquisition means for the Simplicity brand.
ANDY WRIGHT: On Rite was founded in 1975 as a company devoted to solutions to men's hair loss issues. I began my career as a wig designer and hairdresser before learning the manufacturing side of hair replacement products. Women with thinning hair had no place to go in the industry and often sought men's hair loss products out of desperation. On Rite entered the women's market to serve women who wanted wigs for fashion or variety, but also those women in need of hair loss solutions who had no options. Women with thinning hair want to look fashionable, but often they just want to look "normal" and feel good about their appearance.
We are excited to have purchased Simplicity Hair Extensions and our expertise in manufacturing means we have introduced improvements to the design and construction of the extensions. We are also revamping and increasing our educational programs to help more professionals become Simplicity certified. We are fortunate to have Okyo Sthair, a respected leader in the hair enhancement industry, on board to direct and manage the Simplicity division and to spearhead the educational programs. On Rite has a three-goal mission, which is to provide strict quality control, dedicated customer service and education that ensures salon and distributor success. That is now Simplicity's mission as well.
OKYO STHAIR:I love working with hair extensions and for me, it isn't really work. We are bringing stylists information on why this is a unique extension system. Simplicity's patented medical grade adhesive application method is perfect for salon professionals and clients because it is fast, easy and requires no glues, tools or weaving that can weaken the clients own hair. A full head of extensions can be applied in less than an hour and they are safe and comfortable for the client, as well as being easy to remove and reusable. The extensions are applied higher on the head and require less hair to hide the point of application. For clients who want volume and fullness at the crown, Simplicity Grafts can be used to camouflage thinning hair or to add a fringe. We are adding different widths, lengths and colors to the range of extensions so stylists and clients will have more styling options.
Education is a crucial component of On Rite's business and I will be building Simplicity's education programs. We offer both hands-on training and online certification. We have an academy in Fort Lauderdale where we host training classes. A new direction for Simplicity education is the Encore Tour program we have just launched. This will enable my team and me to travel to cities around the country and present training sessions. Hairdressers already have 90 percent of the required knowledge to work with hair extensions. We teach them how to consult with the client, how to position the extensions and mastery of the application process as well as styling and blending the extensions. Stylists can receive a certification tool kit online but they must present proof of their professional license. They complete the course on a mannequin and submit the mannequin for evaluation to receive their authorized Simplicity certification.
AW: The On Rite model has always been to sell directly to salons, but we are actively seeking distributor partnerships to bring Simplicity Hair Extensions to salons and stylists. We are making extensions easy for distributors to carry with our streamlined inventory. With On Rite's experience in manufacturing, we are making minor adjustments to the extensions with narrower and re-designed widths for more versatile styling and, again, offering a more manageable product to warehouse. We are committed to reaching salons through a strong distributor network. We also offer educational support for distributors, helping them set up hands-on education in convenient locations in their territories. Distributors can also sell the certification kits to stylists who are not able to attend classes.
We welcome inquiries from full service distributors and invite interested distributors to contact Okyo Sthair at [email protected].

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AMD looks like it's getting set to jump back into the GPU computing arena with chips a-blazin. A couple of weeks ago, the company signed up HPC industry-heavyweight John Gustafson as the chief architect for the Graphics Business Unit, what used to known as ATI. Gustafson will essentially fill the CTO role there, driving the technology roadmap and direction for the chipmaker's discrete GPU business — the Radeon and FirePro lines.
Gustafson is best known for Gustafson's Law, a partial refute of Amdahl's Law that redefined conventional wisdom on parallel computing in the modern age. In his most recent position at Intel, he drove research on next-generation computing and storage technologies. Prior to that, he served as the chief exec at Massively Parallel Technologies, a role he took on after leaving his CTO gig at ClearSpeed Technology.
Gustafson's work at ClearSpeed, a company that built purpose-built floating point accelerators for high performance computing, suggests AMD is interested in applying that expertise to its GPU business. "I suspect that is one of the reasons they brought me in," he told HPCwire.
Ironically, it was the emergence of general-purpose GPUs by NVIDIA and AMD six years ago that hastened the demise of ClearSpeed, as well as other special-purpose HPC accelerators, like IBM's PowerXCell 8i Cell processor. As GPUs evolved toward generalized vector processors, it put accelerators on the same path as other commodity chips, significantly narrowing the appeal of custom-built silicon.
Gustafson believes the dual role of the modern GPU, as a graphics engine and compute accelerator, is a solid combo. He sees a lot of overlap between the two domains, given that much of the processor logic for visualization and technical computing can be shared. According to him, compute-specific features don't end up taking a lot of extra real estate on the die, and in some cases, will actually will save transistors. "People didn't realize that sometimes the functions done for graphics are exactly what are needed by the HPC community," explains Gustafson.
But as far as GPU computing is concerned, the company is playing catch up with NVIDIA. Although AMD made an initial investment in the FireStream line of GPU accelerators, its lack of software development support and its reliance on an immature OpenCL programming toolset made for a weaker offering, especially in contrast to NVIDIA, which had built a separate business unit (Tesla) and toolset (CUDA SDK) to drive its GPU computing product line.
But AMD certainly has the wherewithal to make a comeback. The chipmaker's aggregate GPU business and graphics processor designs are on par with that of NVIDIA's (in contrast to AMD's CPU business, which is a distant second to Intel in market share). And although AMD still doesn't have a mature HPC-oriented software stack to offer, OpenCL has come a long way over the past few years and could begin to challenge CUDA's current dominance. "I think it is inevitable, especially with both AMD and Intel behind it, that OpenCL will become the de facto solution," says Gustafson.
From the hardware perspective, the company has been busy refreshing its GPU computing products. Last month, AMD launched two new FirePro cards, the S9000 and S7000 aimed at the server market. The dual-slot S9000 is the more capable one, computationally speaking, sporting ECC memory and 3.23 teraflops of single-precision performance and 806 gigaflops in double-precision performance.
Those numbers are pretty much on par with NVIDIA's K10 Kepler product, although it's likely to be a good deal less competitive against the upcoming K20. In any case, multiple teraflops, even the single precision variety, are not to be taken lightly, and this is probably just the beginning of a larger push by AMD. Although he didn't want to tip his hand too much, Gustafson said he has some "very disruptive ideas for this market… that could dramatically increase the operations per watt, and I think that's what we need for exascale right now."
One approach that he's been kicking around has to do with hardware designs that deliver "good-enough" results. Whether for graphics or computation, Gustafson believes there's a lot of extra energy efficiency that can be squeezed from the silicon if you match up the application requirements more precisely with the hardware resources needed. He says the industry has tended to sweep those issues under the rug.
At least part of that has to do with matching the precision of the data to the task at hand. In HPC, for example, software tends to default to double precision (64 bits). But if you only need, say, 10 bits to do a calculation, double precision ends up wasting a lot of energy in sending unneeded bits hither and yon across the machine. On the other hand, if the application requires 256-bit accuracy, the hardware should be flexible enough to deal with that as well.
Another way to attack the performance per watt challenge is integrating the GPU logic into a more general-purpose chip, like AMD does with its APU products. While Gustafson thinks that can be a great solution for certain classes of applications that need that type of unified memory model, for others, a dedicated SIMD compute engine with several gigabytes of extremely high bandwidth is what's called for.
"For about 30 years now, people have been telling me that we're going to witness a disappearance of discrete accelerators, because their functions will be subsumed into the general-purpose processor," he says. "But there always seems to be a need for something that is extraordinarily high-powered, but specialized so that you don't want to make everybody pay for it. I don't see a change to that."


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In Part 2, we explored the western central and southern sites of Outlander TV series filming, focusing on the Glasgow area and Ayrshire. This time, we head north into the Highlands, starting with Perthshire, also a central region. In an upcoming post, I'll present our particular trip itinerary for your consideration and discuss existing Outlander-dedicated tours you can book and enjoy in your Scotland travels. To start our journey from the beginning, see An Outlander Tourist in Scotland, Part 1.
As for the Outlander sites, this post will take us full circle so to speak from one version of the story's central plot mechanism—the fictional standing stone circle of Craigh na Dun—to another, with several essential stops in between. We start north of the main cities Glasgow and Edinburgh and take a gradual north-westerly path from there. The climb begins with a tantalizing mystery of the TV show and ends with a point of resonance for Diana Gabaldon's creation of the books. You may also learn some history along the way.
Dividing a Nation
One thing I noticed in my tourism research was how inconsistently the areas of Scotland are named from one resource to another and over time. To distinguish areas of north central and northern Scotland for this post, and find current, accurate names for them, I finally found a resource that clarifies how Scottish lands are sliced and how they overlap: UndiscoveredScotland.co.uk.
Fully orient yourself to where's where on their Councils, Regions, and Counties page, which links to breakdowns of those three different types of division. Or, for the simplified tourism approach, see the official Scottish Tourist Board website mentioned previously, VisitScotland.com. Find out more about how the tourism industry, as well as British and Scottish governments, have labeled things; see the first footnote under the heading "Notes on Area Names." *
In short, it can be confusing, but with quick look-ups, ready resources, and having precise addresses, you'll find your tailored trip less daunting to plan. If you're going far less DIY, it shouldn't matter. I can nearly guarantee you'll be well taken care of, at least in country. Choice of travel agent or airline in your home country–and now, perhaps, getting home again–is another matter.
From Here on Up
The Highlands, broadly considered, are sort of a mythical, amorphous landscape in some respects, for a few reasons. For a discussion of this issue, see my second footnote section under "Notes on Area Names." **
Whatever names the land acquires, one of its most distinguishing features are its diverse, ubiquitous configurations of rock and stone, both geologic—hills, caves, coast lines, mountains, tors, volcanic plugs—and man made—standing stones, stone circles, cairns, brochs, crofts, stone fences, houses, streets, castles, and so on. Stone, loch, and green together mean "Scotland."
The "Highlands" Sites:
Outlander Show Filming, Book Story, and Scottish History by Region or County
"My heart is in the Highlands, wherever I go" – Robert Burns
Perthshire, Perth & Kinross council area → Outlander film setting
From roughly east to west toward the Great Glen, the areas of general attraction in the glen of Rannoch include Schiehallion, Dunalastair Estate, Kinloch Rannoch village, Loch Rannoch, and Rannoch Moor.
Rannoch. → On a line east of Glencoe and Fort William in the Central Highlands, somewhere on the Dunalastair Estate, they "can't tell you where," the Outlander TV production erected their set of Diana Gabaldon's fictional circle of standing stones called Craigh na Dun. Shown in eps 101, 103, 108, 111, 201, and 213, this set of Claire's time-travel scenes includes its backdrop—the very real Loch Rannoch and surrounding mountains, including Schiehallion to the southeast.
Lying on a National Scenic Area between the Cairngorms National Park to the north and Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park to the south, Dunalastair Estate sits on 17,000 acres. The village, loch, hills, and moor are accessible to the general public, as are the holiday cottages for booking on estate land. Caitriona Balfe (Claire Randall Fraser) once called this filming location her favorite and noted the magic that seemed to meet the crew each time, and she's not the only one. Source: Travel+Leisure magazine's article "The Cast and Crew of 'Outlander' Reveal Their Favorite Filming Locations."
The Dunalastair Estate website features comprehensive details for tourists. It covers area clan history, the estate family, farm, village, wildlife, rare plants, hiking, horse riding, railway, and other recreational options, plus links to websites like that of the Rannoch and Tummel Tourism Association. Source: http://www.dunalastair.com/Dunalastair-Estate
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Argyll (county), Highland council area → Outlander film settings
Glen Coe. This mountain range is in long shots of Scotland. It was all about showcasing Scotland itself. If you've seen representative landscape views of Scotland in any form, chances are you've seen Glen Coe. One such view has been my blog's header image in early 2017. The glen is the result of glaciers cutting into extinct volcanoes, creating a broad, sweeping valley of pleasing symmetry from key vantage points.
Glencoe is the name of the village in Lochaber to the west of the picturesque glen, and the two are connected by the umbilicus of the River Coe. Coming from the south, follow the A82 westward from Loch Lomond toward Glencoe Village, Loch Leven, and the Great Glen. There are dedicated viewpoints along the way where you can park and take it all in.
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Cairngorms National Park, Highland → Outlander film settings
"Cairngorms" rather loosely translated means "pile of blue rocks," or "blue stone heap." The Gaelic for this mountain range sounds much better, and Gaelic is often helpfully descriptive. There is also a single mountain called Cairngorm. Covering a vast area of natural beauty, rare wildlife (wildcats, capercaillies, and mountain hares in winter, red squirrels, red deer, and others), scenic vistas, castle ruins, pine forests, lochs, burns, and waterfalls, nature-loving visitors can spend substantial time in the Cairngorms National Park year round and not be disappointed.
If you were traveling from Rannoch, you would enter the park from the south, taking the A9 which starts in Stirling and flows through Inverness all the way to the far northwest Highland ferry port of Scrabster. The River Spey chases the A9 along the western boundary of the Cairngorms, and soon both find the small town of Newtonmore, just north of which is the Highland Folk Museum.
Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore, Cairngorms National Park, Highland. Almost due north of the village of Kinloch Rannoch, this historical outdoor museum recreates 18th-century Highland life every day and aids in Outlander storytelling in a few ways → in ep101 for the shelter where Murtagh first takes Claire to meet the other Highlanders, the scenes of village folk around the Castle Leoch area in season 1, and during ep105 for rent collections and wool waulking when the ladies sing "Mo Nighean Donn."
From their website under the auspices of stewards Highlife Highland, "The Highland Folk Museum sits at the east edge of the village of Newtonmore less than two miles from the town of Kingussie. It lies just off the A9 at the west side of the Cairngorms National Park."
As a preserved 18th-century village, the attraction has a total of 30 time-period furnished buildings, including a 1700s township of six buildings and a section featured as a working 1930s croft. The whole property, fully active up until the 1960s, spans one mile in length and also contains the Shelter, "Am Fasgadh," housing 10,000 artifacts, plus a research library, conservation lab, offices, meeting rooms, and more.
Source: https://www.highlifehighland.com/highlandfolkmuseum/
The address is Aultlarie Croft, Kingussie Road, Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, PH20 1AY. Currently in winter closure, the site will reopen in April 2017. Visit the official website for more pictures and information.
Tulloch Ghru, Rothiemurchus Forest, near Aviemore and Inverdruie, Cairngorms National Park, Highland, is an area of hilly woodlands spreading north of, but not far from, the Highland Folk Museum. → Featured in the opening credits of each episode and in scenes where Claire and the Highlanders travel from Craigh na Dun to Castle Leoch in ep101, "Sassenach," it is peppered like Rannoch with ancient Caledonian pines along a western stretch of Cairngorms National Park.
Tulloch Ghru may also serve in parts of ep108, "Both Sides Now," such as the woods where Claire and Willie wait while Jamie and the others meet Horrocks. (Not sure about this; I cannot find my original source for that idea.) But you won't find it mentioned on standard tourist websites.
The Outlander filming sweet spot is somewhere between Aviemore and Inverdruie, southeast of both and not far south of the Cairngorms Reindeer Centre. To start the hunt, follow the sleuthing, with information distinguishing place names in the area (Tulloch to the north vs. "Tullochghru" to the south), diligently pursued and shared at Wizzley.com. An old map of the area appears on that site.
Anyway, such pine forests in Scotland, though few compared to their ubiquity in times past, provide similar atmosphere as each other, and wee Tulloch Ghru may not stand out visually to the Outlander tourist. Generally, woodland film locations are notoriously difficult for the mere mortal to pinpoint once the crew cleans up, though some visitors may prevail. Interested in plant succession and vegetation change in the park since the last Ice Age? Knock yourself out at Cairngorms Learning Zone.
Note: Cocknammon Rock, also featured in this portion of ep101, is a fictional rock formation invented by Diana Gabaldon and created by the show with special effects.
The Cairngorms National Park itself boasts several helpful tourist resources at visitcairngorms.com (supported by VisitScotland.com, the official tourist board of Scotland) and cairngorms.co.uk, among other sites. For an outline map of the Rothiemurchus Forest of the filming site, go to the latter website's Landscape Areas page and select "Rothiemurchus Forest." Rothiemurchus is also a woodland estate with an island castle. For a beautiful map of the whole park, see the Cairngorms National Park Map.
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Ross and Cromarty → Outlander book and historical settings
To start farther north and work your way southward back to Inverness for the train to Edinburgh or Glasgow and a flight back home, head for Ross & Cromarty. There you'll encounter the real Mackenzie lands and their seat of power, Castle Leod.
Castle Leod, near Strathpeffer–Easter Ross or "in the east of Ross-shire" (county of Ross) or in the regional district of Ross & Cromarty, i.e., something to do with "Ross"–seat of Clan Mackenzie. → Inspiration for Castle Leoch in the book. The name from the book was then continued by the show. However, shared in Part 1 of my Outlander tourism series, the historical castle itself is played by Doune Castle in Stirling. Castle Leod is a private estate accessed only by prior permission. However, it has been a stop on at least one Outlander tour out of Inverness.
For pictures and official information, see the gallery page at Castleleod.org.uk. This well-preserved Highland castle, billed as one of the most picturesque and romantic by its stewards, can be booked for special events including weddings. The Clan Mackenzie Society of Scotland and the UK was very helpful with information about access and tours involving Castle Leod. The associated Clan Mackenzie Routes also offers tour package options.
Castle Leod will have select open summer days in 2017 in May, June, July, and August, and the grounds also open to the public on August 12th for the Strathpeffer Highland Games, held annually.
In a valley alongside the Peffery Burn, the castle property is NNE of Strathpeffer off the A834, and the closest town immediately northeast is Auchterneed. Bottacks is also nearby. The address of Castle Leod is Strathpeffer IV14 9AA, UK.
Loch Garve, west of Castle Leod, Strathpeffer, Easter Ross → The loch mentioned as the home of the water kelpie (water horse; no, not the same species as Nessie) in the fireside tale Rupert tells before the rent party is attacked by members of Clan Grant in ep 108, "Both Sides Now."
My online search for "Loch Garve" one day brought up the legend of the water kelpie; the story is indeed a long-held Scottish fixture.
Between Loch Garve and Castle Leod are the Falls of Rogie, a series of sought-after waterfalls on the Black Water River, where salmon can be seen jumping the "ladder" and where you can walk across the river on a suspended bridge. Also within this area is the Strathpeffer Heritage Village and Victorian spa resort.
Down from the Northwest, we reach the Great Glen and Scotland's most famous loch.
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Inverness-shire → Outlander book, film, historical, and inspirational settings
Inverness is an interesting case for its lack of interest, perhaps. At least that's what my friend who recommended I read Outlander said about their Outlander tour with Inverness Tours. I'm not sure if it was the pedestrian passerby on the highway shouting up to their double-decker tour bus "Inverness is sh*te!" that influenced her thoughts on this, but she basically told me there isn't much besides the river views worth seeing in Inverness itself.
To say Inverness has little tourist value is not strictly true, but as a fellow Outlander fan with other priorities, I decided to follow my friend's lead on this one. As a result, my personal experience of Inverness is limited to navigating traffic, scenes of the River Ness (mainly in pouring rain) and Moray Firth, parking beneath the Inverness Castle hilltop, and eating at two fine city restaurants.
Known as the capital of the Highlands, there are indeed attractions worth visiting in the city. I'll tell you about a less beaten path we took for ourselves, along with other charms Inverness afforded us, when I share our full itinerary in a future post. Incidentally, my first pick of an Outlander tour was through Inverness Tours, but they were booked for our time frame when I finally made my decision, so plan many, many months ahead! We took instead Slainte Scotland's Firth of Forth and Fife area Outlander day tour, which was wonderful.
When you focus on the book and TV show, it is equally true that nothing in particular makes Inverness an Outlander tourism city. Rather, its proximity to sites of story interest is what really recommends it. You may decide it's a nice central location for lodging. Below are some of those story-related sites around Inverness that complement those in Ross & Cromarty.
Loch Ness (and Urquhart Castle), south of Inverness, connected by the River Ness, extends on a roughly north-south line for more than 20 miles. Featured in the book but not in the STARZ series, Gabaldon uses Loch Ness to bolster the mysterious, supernatural element of encountering a mythic beast, presumably either "Nessie" or one of her ancestors, collectively known as the Loch Ness Monster.
North of Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle and west of Inverness is the town of Beauly, seat of the Fraser clan of Lovat, kin of our story's hero Jamie Fraser. A distinctive treasure awaits in the heart of town.
Beauly Priory, a truly "beau lieu" (French) or "beautiful place," presents its ruined self in full splendor and grace. The names Fraser and Mackenzie appear frequently on the tombstones within and around the priory. → In the book, this holy place is where Claire meets Maisri, the seer who works for Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, infamously known as "the Old Fox." Both the clan chief and his wise woman appear in ep208, "The Fox's Lair."
Technically not in Inverness-shire but also not far from Inverness to the west, Beauly Priory is free to enter and open 1 April – 30 September. Check for closures at all Historic Environment Scotland sites: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/check-for-closures/. The address is Beauly IV4 7DY, UK.
After Beauly Priory's enchantment (all above images by C. L. Tangenberg), last and perhaps best are two very important sites just a short trip east of Inverness.
Culloden Battlefield, aka Culloden Moor, Inverness-shire. → "The Outlander action is all leading up to the bloody Battle of Culloden in 1746. More than 1,200 men were killed in the defeat of the Jacobite clans." Source: photo caption excerpt http://www.travelchannel.com/interests/arts-and-culture/photos/get-inside-outlander-on-a-tour-through-scotland/page/14. This final battle, while not depicted in the book, will be portrayed in the STARZ show during series 3, which is based on the third book Voyager. Culloden visitor centre stewards, battle and Jacobite scholars, descendants of Scotch soldiers and their families, British historians, Outlander fans, Outlander STARZ cast and crew, and Scots citizens–in short, many, many people no doubt all eagerly anticipate this unique project coming to fruition.
I know it will be unforgettable, and I hope it will bring even more people to this historic site that has long been at the center of Scottish cultural identity and its dramatic transformation.
The most prominent inclusion of Jacobite Rising history in the Outlander series comes in the form of weaving its facts throughout the story. To her fans, Diana Gabaldon's research prowess is legendary, and the show has followed her lead with excellent historical accuracy and detail, in everything from herbs to weapons to period architecture to literal embroidery on costumes (with a few intentional nods to the 1940s in Claire's 1740s French dresses) and furnishings.
Plot elements such as an inside look at the rebel cause in series 1, discussions and decisions by Clans Mackenzie and Fraser in both series about political loyalties, mention and depiction of the battles of Prestonpans and Falkirk, and Claire and Frank's talk of Jacobite history both on and off the battlefield in the 1940s all merge into that complex tapestry.
In 1743, smiling after Claire's joke, Jamie casually mentions the Mackenzie rent party's approach to Culloden Moor. Triggered by this, Claire suddenly recalls her sad visit there with Frank, circa 1945. "What of these Mackenzie men? How many [would] die on that bloody moor?" Having begun to bond with them over the past few weeks, she now fears for their lives, with a growing sense of helplessness.
The must-see visitor centre combines access to the field with a state-of-the-art, immersion museum experience, complete with dozens upon dozens of primary accounts conveyed in both textual and audio commentary and a four-wall motion picture re-enactment of the battle itself. The museum is designed for the visitor to receive and absorb a robust before, during, and after depiction of Scotland's last war for freedom, before stepping outside for the most fundamental evidence of its high costs.
Inside, you learn about the Jacobite Rising of 1745 from its inception, with dual-corridor pathways providing both the government and Jacobite perspectives leading up to the war, along with intricate Battle of Culloden statistical and social details, and a comprehensive portrayal of the prolonged aftermath. This is one of the best places to learn a substantial amount about Bonnie Prince Charlie in particular. The centre has also taken pains to ensure Gaelic language representation throughout the museum and on field kiosks.
A dark hallway allows you to hear what each side had to say about the failed Night March before the battle. After viewing the graphic re-enactment film complete with sound effects (think 3D Saving Private Ryan cinematography), don't miss the excellent aerial-view digital model of troop movements with audio narration. The same room displays artifacts that were found on the battlefield and examples of swords, pistols, rifles, dirks, mortars, and cannons used in the fight.
Next, you can walk the moor, view the memorial cairn, grave stones, flags, and other battlefield features, and better imagine what it must really have been like. Pay your respects at the Clan Fraser memorial stone, which resides directly opposite the memorial cairn, among a series of clan memorial stones. More often than not, many of these will be graced with flowers and other tokens of remembrance.
The land is relatively flat but expansive, so budget your time for the trek. Go early if you intend to add another attraction on the same day, but I recommend light, short, and upbeat follow-up–something purely entertaining and relaxing or mostly physical, such as a beach picnic, river cruise, whisky tasting, tea time, train ride, horseback ride, or bagpipe show.
Actually, you might want to make a firm plan for the whisky. The Culloden historical experience, though fascinating and engaging, is a top-notch example of the ultimate sobering agent. However, despite one myth, birds do indeed sing on the moor–I made a point of listening for them after reading that somewhere. Our visit also featured two beautiful horses grazing the moor and watching over the fallen.
In getting there, keep in mind that several places in the area bear the name "Culloden": the town of Culloden, Culloden Moor, and Culloden Battlefield, which is technically on Drumossie Moor, as well as the Culloden Inn. The town named Culloden is a bit removed to the northwest, and the namesake moor is immediately northeast of the battlefield. Culloden Inn restaurant is very close to the visitor centre, between Drumossie and Culloden Moors.
Murtagh mentions Kildrummie Moss in ep212, "The Hail Mary," as well. This is actually farther northeast in Nairn-shire, closer to Nairn, where the British General Cumberland's camp celebrated his birthday on the eve of their march to Culloden.
Regardless of your degree of interest in Outlander, war, or formal museums, no first visit to Scotland would be complete without at least half a day at Culloden. Be sure to include it.
Address: Culloden Battlefield visitor centre, Culloden Moor, Inverness, Highland IV2 5EU. Tel: 0844 493 2159. Visitor Centre, Restaurant, Shop: open 1 Sept – 31 Oct, daily 9 – 5.30. Battlefield open daily, all year. Price: Adult £11.00. Hire of battlefield tour PDA is included in admission price. NTS members in free.
Clava Cairns, Inverness-shire, is a set of circular piles of stones (chambered and kerb cairns), and standing stone circles (monoliths) around those cairns, along the River Nairn, near Inverness. Perhaps sharing features of the stone circle Gabaldon pictured as Craigh na Dun for her story, "the 3 cairns were burial sites about 4,000 years ago, although the remains have long since been removed. Standing stones surround the cairns, but they haven't seen any mysterious disappearances or reappearances lately—that we know of, anyway." Source: photo caption http://www.travelchannel.com/interests/arts-and-culture/photos/get-inside-outlander-on-a-tour-through-scotland/page/5
As part of her answer to the question "Are all the locations used in the books real?", Diana notes in her website's FAQs section that she had not been to Scotland when she wrote Outlander but would not be surprised if a place like the one she describes for Craigh na Dun actually existed. She found the standing stones at Castlerigg, Lake District, England, to be "very like" her imagined site once she finally did travel to Britain.
She mentions Clava Cairns and Tomnahurich Cemetery Hill as possibly being similar, but she states she had not been to Tomnahurich, which is supposed to be a "fairy's hill." It was not clear whether she had visited Clava Cairns by the time of her answer's posting on that particular page, but I am fairly certain she has been there since, and I know she has visited Culloden as well.
Source: http://www.dianagabaldon.com/resources/faq/faq-about-the-books/#locations
Remember: Numerous examples of cairns, standing stones, stone circles, brochs, volcanic plugs, glacier-carved valleys, caves, and other spectacular rock formations define the landscape of Scotland's mainland and islands. You're likely to find one example to be as interesting as the next. This one is special in part for its very close proximity to Culloden Moor and its being part of Inverness-shire.
Just across the River Nairn to the southeast of Culloden Battlefield and visitor centre, the address of Balnuaran of Clava, or the Clava Cairns, is Inverness IV2 5EU, UK. It is free and open to the public.
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As you have seen through descriptive detail and vivid images, Outlander highlights abound in the Highlands as much as in central and southern Scotland. As I hope you have also seen, Scotland deserves exploring in its own right. Its beauty, culture, history, and adventure are matched by impressive hospitality.
Now that I have oriented you–in part 1, part 2, and part 3 of this series–to the places throughout the land of Scots that can fascinate and delight the Outlander tourist, part 4 will present my specific model for putting it all together. I'll show you how I approached planning our trip as a do-it-yourself traveler, our full bespoke (that is, "custom-made" for you non-UK folks) itinerary, and how we adjusted it along the way. I'll also provide further guidance about dedicated Outlander tour options, more filming locations and book story sites, as well as general travel tips and recommended resources.
Footnotes and a list of sources mentioned in this post can be found in the sections below. While I'm on that subject, remember: The information presented in these posts is not exhaustive, errors are possible, and facts change, so be sure to do your own checking when you're ready to set a Scottish excursion in stone.
I am delighted that you've followed me on the journey so far. Head on over to part 4, where I help with some tough choices and prepare you to plan your itinerary and book transport for that Scotland trip you've been dreaming about. . . .
Tìoraidh an-dràsta! (CHEER-ee ehn DRAH-steh) Ta-ta for now!
A recap of the 1st three posts in An Outlander Tourist in Scotland series:
- in part 1, Edinburgh, Palace at Holyroodhouse, and Glencorse Old Kirk
- in part 2, Glasgow Cathedral, Pollok Country Park, and Outlander studios
- in part 3, Loch Rannoch, Clava Cairns, Culloden, Beauly Priory, and bits about Inverness, the River Ness, and Loch Ness (Highlands)
If you're more well-versed in Outlander tourism than the series assumes, you might jump ahead to part 6, a handy travel guide to Scotland, with a comprehensive gamut of resources and suggestions based on our trip experience.
But if you're still deciding on a specific Outlander tour option, you won't want to miss "part 5," "Review: Slainte Scotland Outlander Tour + Outlander Tourism Resources."
Notes on Area Names
* Go to Council Areas Since 1996 for a numbered map and linked list of all 30 council areas, such as Clackmannanshire, Renfrewshire, East Ayrshire, and Perth and Kinross. The island chains of Orkney and Shetland are listed and linked separately as not shown on the map. Subdivisions into registration counties, used for land registration in Scotland, have persisted since the 1990s.
Regional divisions are a little more complicated and involve subdivision into districts between 1975 and 1996. For that fascinating history, see Regions and Districts of Scotland from 1975 to 1996, the names of which are relevant for the tourist mainly because areas are often still described in these terms.
Finally, counties go back even farther in time and were replaced by the two-tier region-district system. Scottish Counties from 1890 to 1975, like much of Scottish history, retain their footprint on the land.
Beyond these official, politico-historical categories, there appears to be a common understanding among UK and Scottish tourist service organizations and tour guidebook publishers as to which labels are most helpful to tourists. VisitScotland.com, Fodors, DK, Scotland.com, and Scotland.org are among those that blend variations of regions, council areas, and descriptive phrasing to focus tourists on optimal zones for their adventures. Examples include "Aberdeen and Grampian," "Hebrides" (islands), and "Glasgow and the Clyde Valley."
** The Highlands, broadly considered, are perhaps a mythical, amorphous landscape in some respects, for a few reasons. For one, this northerly expanse hardly has a monopoly on height and also seems to be synonymous with "the North." Even the Lowlands are bordered to the south by "Southern Uplands" (Dumfries & Galloway area), and Europe and other continents boast far larger mountains.
Second, culturally and politically, the Highlands were long considered a region of backwardness, even barbarity, by their southern neighbors the English, and sometimes by Lowland or city Scots. The region could in that way be thought of as anything north, island or inland, a certain distance from Edinburgh.
Third, the geological Highland Boundary Fault line has set in stone (sorry) that once vague sense of division, officially distinguishing "up there" from "down here." This fault zone runs from the isle of Arran and Helensburgh on the west coast, west-northwest of Glasgow, through Loch Lomond and Crieff to the northeast, parallel to the east coast on the North Sea, terminating immediately north of Stonehaven, at Garron Point, just south of Aberdeen. Visual learners, consult the map. 😉
As the line climbs to the northeast, it traverses Stirlingshire, Perthshire, and Angus, southeast of the Cairngorms. To see the topography and current place names, visit Gazetteer for Scotland and zoom out on the map. For geology lovers, here's George Barrow's sketch map from 1912.
Scottish Natural Heritage further explores "the five distinct foundation blocks which make up Scotland" geology; examples are Southern Uplands, Northwest sea-board, and Northern Highlands.
Key Sources (in order of presentation in this post)
Highland Boundary Fault information was drawn from Wikipedia and Gazetteer for Scotland.
Gazetteer: http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst7728.html
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Boundary_Fault
Travel+Leisure magazine's article about Outlander cast/crew's favorite filming locations: http://www.travelandleisure.com/culture-design/tv-movies/outlander-cast-and-crew-favorite-locations
Dunalastair Estate: http://www.dunalastair.com/Dunalastair-Estate
VisitCairngorms.com: http://visitcairngorms.com/
Highland Folk Museum: https://www.highlifehighland.com/highlandfolkmuseum/
About Tulloch Ghru at Wizzley.com: STARZ Outlander Scottish Filming Locations
Castle Leod: Castleleod.org.uk
WelcometoScotland.com provided information about Loch Garve and the Falls of Rogie in Ross & Cromarty:
Loch Garve: http://www.welcometoscotland.com/things-to-do/activities/fishing/north-highland/loch-garve
Falls of Rogie: http://www.welcometoscotland.com/things-to-do/attractions/nature-reserves/north-highland/rogie-falls
Learn more about Historic Environment Scotland sites including Beauly Priory: https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/check-for-closures/.
TravelChannel.com's Outlander sites photo gallery
Culloden Battlefield: Source: photo caption excerpt http://www.travelchannel.com/interests/arts-and-culture/photos/get-inside-outlander-on-a-tour-through-scotland/page/14.
Clava Cairns: Source: photo caption http://www.travelchannel.com/interests/arts-and-culture/photos/get-inside-outlander-on-a-tour-through-scotland/page/5
Diana Gabaldon's website FAQs: http://www.dianagabaldon.com/resources/faq/faq-about-the-books/#locations
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An Outlander Tourist in Scotland, Part 1
introduction and Central Lowlands filming sites (Edinburgh and environs), featuring the show's Fort William, Castle Leoch, Crainsmuir, 1940s/1960s Inverness, and Lallybroch
An Outlander Tourist in Scotland, Part 2
Central Lowlands filming sites continued (Glasgow and environs), featuring L'Hôpital des Anges and the Bois du Boulogne of Paris, exterior for Culloden House, Outlander Studios in Cumbernauld (home of most interior sets), and some in the Southern Uplands such as Reverend Wakefield's house and the Duke of Sandringham's second home
An Outlander Tourist in Scotland, Part 3
introduction to the Highlands plus Highland filming and book sites from Perthshire & Glencoe northward, including the show's Craigh na Dun, the real Fort William, Loch Ness, landmarks of the Frasers of Lovat and the Mackenzies, and Culloden Battlefield
An Outlander Tourist in Scotland, Part 4
our planning process and sample itineraries, all that went into making our trip great
Review: Slainte Scotland Outlander Tour + Outlander Tourism Resources
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All is well here in Kentucky. Wow the skies have finally opened up! I am glad to see it even if it does mean the contractors will be delayed in the building of the poultry houses. We need about 2 weeks of this steady rain, but I'll settle for the 5 days that are forecasted. I had almost forgotten the sound of the rain on the metal roof. Sure is some good sleeping weather. If only I had time to sleep!
I decided to sell a few of the horses so we could concentrate on our best horses and keeping them ridden. It's sad to see them go, but I just don't have the time for them all. I really would like to turn away from horses and more toward cattle or goats. I really enjoy the goats. I have some great places for them too! On the other hand cattle are a lot easier to deal with and it's hard not to like calves. I geuss we'll try to get more of both!
The leaves are gradually falling from the trees and the nights are beginning to have a chill. Highs aren't getting into the 80′s much now and the 90′s are gone. Soon it will be time to light a fire and have cocoa with the kids by the stove. I have a basement full of projects that will need my attention this winter. I'm unsure of whether to sew grass seed in the clearings this fall or wait for spring.
The rain has kept the 6000 on the sidelines, but my mind has been racing about buying that 7010 cab I've been kicking around for over a year now. I'm in a better position to buy now and may just do that if the deal is right. Sure would make winter feeding a lot more fun inside that comfy heated cab.


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April 2008 Best 4x4 Truck Whoops!Posted in Whoops on April 1, 2008
It seems like every year we see less and less of your classic Whoops! is it because you are being more careful? or have you "masters of catastrophe" learned how to dodge the camera? Either way we're glad to see more of you wheeling responsibly, but boy do we ever love to see when you mess up. We all get stuck sooner or later; it's merely a case of whether or not you're willing to tell the world about your foul-ups. to congratulate those who proudly sent in their mistakes for the masses to see, we will be sending out license plates to the top 10 Whoops of 2007. Just a thank you for the joy we all get out of their 4x predicaments. Also, be sure to check out the proud men and woman of our U.S. military getting some of the biggest and baddest machines on earth demobilized in the terra firma from around the globe. And, as always, if you want to be part of the fun, simply send in your Whoops to email@example.com.
Something's Fishy
While wheeling in northern Pennsylvania, we came across this water crossing that the locals were going right through. i decided to keep a little to the left when my passenger side dropped underwater. After getting pulled out by my "local buddy," he told me there was a ford with 60-inch tractor tires tearing it up just a few days before.
Chris Bower Sox, via 4wheeloffroad.com
Hard Lines
I had just finished working on my truck when i decided to head out for a little mountain wheeling in yigo, guam. Unfortunately i underestimated the mountain. i rolled my rig trying to follow the same lines that a few other rigs were doing-thinking that if they can do it, so can i. oh well, at least nobody got hurt.
Bob Hernandez via 4wheeloffroad.com
Speed Bump
Just because your spotter says bump it, that doesn't mean you should hit it!
Joel Brown via 4wheeloffroad.com
Boot Scoopin' Boogie
The 39.5-inch Boggers and a 125-shot of nitrous couldn't get me out of this Canadian muck.
Serge Goulet via 4wheeloffroad.com
Canadian Cannonball
The water was definitely deeper than it looked from the other side!
Marcus Fritz, via 4wheeloffroad.com
Simple Sink
Stuck again.
Phil Beeler via 4wheel offroad.com
Close Call
I was driving down a canyon road when i hit a patch of black ice that caused my Blazer to go off the road and hit a tree, then slide sideways down into a huge rock. thankfully that rock was there, because if we had slid a few more feet we would have been upside down in an ice-covered river.
Jon Holdaway, via 4wheeloffroad.com
Quick Drop
After a fun day of wheeling at the cliffs, my 7-year-old son and i found the biggest hole there. He was a little mad since it ended our wheeling for the day.
Gary j. Widmayer, via 4wheeloffroad.com
Toy Sliders
This is what happens when you don't have enough horsepower and too much weight on the passenger side and you try to drift the truck at 40 mph on a dry lake bed.
Roy WetHington via 4wheeloffroad.com
Super Stuck
Not even the v-10 can get me out of this one!
Shawn Cochran via 4wheeloffroad.com
Iced Out
This happened on the coldest night of the year in new Jersey. We were driving\ home when we hit a spot of ice that slid us off the bridge and resulted in a mangled passenger-side suspension.
Vinnie de via 4wheeloffroad.com
Friend Finder
I seriously have to stop listening to my friends.
Scott Withall, via 4wheeloffroad.com
Short Stop
I made it all the way through this 100-yard mud pit successfully only to have a drop-off at the end stop me!
David Hazard via 4wheeloffroad.com
Good Point
While wheeling at the Point in Hawaii we came upon this mud hole that my stock dakota made it through the first time with no problem. But after getting stuck on the second pass i made my decision that it's finally time for a lift kit.
Josh Bullock via 4wheeloffroad.com
Military Whoops!
The Floater
This truck was being backed off of a trailer when the driver got a little too close to the sewage pond and slid in. it took aboom off of a Hemmet wrecker and a frontend loader to pull it out.
Staff SGT. keith Forsman via 4wheeloffroad.com
While deployed in Haiti we had a chance encounter with a mud hole that swallowed our 15-ton water truck that was loaded with 3,000 gallons of water. talk about waterlogged.
Gerald Vachon via 4wheeloffroad.com
Stuck Down Under
This happened on a recent training op in Australia. After we got the Humvee stuck, we went for the 7-ton and then sank it as well!
Lance CPL. Michael Leapley via 4wheeloffroad.com
Quick Crete
I was turning around a 5-ton to help a fuel truck that had gotten stuck in the sand when all of a sudden i sank. i guess the survey team forgot to mention that the ground in Papua, new guinea, would be so soft.
Name Withheld via 4wheeloffroad.com
Army Soft
This is what happens when a 2-ton truck finds a soft spot in iraq.
Jim Captain via 4wheeloffroad.com
Thankfully the iraq rainy season only lasts two months. Staff SGT.
Chris Hjelm via 4wheeloffroad.com
Cutting Corners
Although there was nobody around to 'fess up to the incident, we think somebody went for the corner a little too soon.
SPC. Joseph Darling, via 4wheeloffroad.com
After a heavy rain flooded our base here in tikrit, iraq, we decided to bring a little fun back into our extremely boring lives. these lmtvs are supposed to be mud boggers, but i guess not. it took us over an hour of breaking chains, digging, and laughing to get this big bugger out.
SRA Cory s. Olson via 4wheeloffroad.com
Top 10 Whoops!
Rising Sun 2 Sinking Path
We went out wheeling right after a typhoon one day in Japan, and needless to say, i learned quickly that you should always test the waters before you get in too deep.
Matt Richter, via 4wheeloffroad.com
1-Night Stand
Thanks to my heavy right foot and a few broken steering components, we had an all-night recovery party.
Bernie via 4wheeloffroad.com
Totaled Toy
This is what's left of my '88 toyota 4runner after a roll from a nearly vertical hillclimb. luckily it looks worse than it was.
Joe via 4wheeloffroad.com
Gilligan's Island
Where's the snorkel when you need one?
Chris Bryan via 4wheeloffroad.com
Full Tilt
Well, this didn't work out the way I thought it would.
Kelly Leach, via 4wheeloffroad.com
Spider Bite
I'm just putting the fall back into the waterfalls on Poison Spider mesa.
John Meighan via 4wheeloffroad.com
Muddy Boot
Some of the locals here in italy told me about this trench that I should go try. As it turned out, the mud, sand, and water mix was more like quicksand than anything else. it took a 10,000-pound winch on the front of a deuce-and-a-half to pull me out.
Derek Horn, via 4wheeloffroad.com
Swamp Thing
This is my '92 toyota with 18 inches of lift and 38.5-inch Boggers right after i dropped into what i thought was a shallow water crossing. i went in with a quarter tank of gas and came out with a full truck of water.
Richard Bates via 4wheeloffroad.com
Jonny Craig
Here is my '79 CJ after hitting a hole on the bomb range at the eagle Air force Base. i ended up ripping the leaf spring off of the perch and splitting my dana 18 transfer case down the side. The worst part was the four-hour walk to get back to base. I think we lost about 10 pounds after it was all said and done!
John Eiler, via 4wheeloffroad.com
Rock Flop
We had been on this trail several times before, but this run was just a little different.
Kreg Waits via 4wheeloffroad.com


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May 18, 2018
New Jersey-based Palmer Administration Services is looking for new business partners as the company plans on expanding its reach for the auto protection plan.
The industry leader in extended auto warranty is giving hardworking individuals the opportunity to grow their career in the auto insurance sector. Each partner will undergo extensive training to equip them with the right tools to be successful in the business.
Guiding Business Partners
The business partners will learn the company culture and be given enough time to acclimate themselves to their new environment, and the many auto protection plans that Palmer offers. One advantage for the agents is the wide range of products that the company has in its arsenal. This makes it easier for them to match the customers with the right product depending on their budgets and other needs.
They will also undergo an assessment to make sure their knowledge about the products is at par with the standards of the company. Nevertheless, the superior technical support team will always be on standby to lend help should they need it.
The wide selection of products will essentially give the business partners a bigger elbow room to reach out to as many potential clients as possible, close more deals, and maximize their returns. The company doesn't distinguish between new vehicles, lease cars, and pre-owned cars either. Each will be protected by a particular plan.
Good Customer Service and Affordable Prices
The plans by Palmer are an easy sell because of the competitive pricing and customer-friendly structure. The facilitation of the claims is unsurpassed in the industry because the company is also liquid enough to finance its own claims, unlike other warranty companies. This means that customers will be able to save on cost because they won't be dealing with third-party financiers anymore. There's also less chance of the contract being restructured at any point, which is a risk some take when they deal with multiple companies.
With these advantages, it would be easy for the agents to build long-term relationships with their customers. And the company is going to be there with them every step of the way to help strengthen that relationship.
Lastly, Palmer Administration has been offering an auto protection plan for more than three decades. That kind of stability will augur well for the career plans of the business partners. They can grow with the company during their stay there and be at peace that their future is going to be bright.
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