Scottish Days

7.11.09

After going to lunch one day we decided to go into the pet shop next door to show Hallie the different animals, while we were there we ran into a lovely Scottish woman who loved Hallie's hair. After talking to her for awhile, and her telling us we both must have Viking blood, she told us we should head to Payson the next day for the Scottish Festival. Eric loves his Scottish ancestry, and is obsessed with bagpipes, so we figured why not.

So the next morning we headed to Payson. Unfortunately our camera died part way through. So here are a few pictures we do have.

Eric & Hallie with one of the pipe bands that were competing

The Highland Games were pretty cool to watch too. I didn't realize people actually still did this. I mean it makes sense, for some reason I figured they just disappeared or something. :)

The caber toss.
Basically they try to flip that long pole over its end.

And some pitchfork thing, that we don't know what it is called.
They stick the pitchfork into a bag filled with straw, then they try to fling it over the crossbar.
We had a good time for sure. We walked around and saw all the Utah Scottish Clan chapters, smelled the food, drank home brewed root beer in a bottle with a cork, and wandered the booths selling their Scottish fare. Eric has decided that this will now be a yearly tradition. :)