9/4/2023 0 Comments Highland games loon mountain![]() Sanders Ferry Park, Hendersonville, TN 37075Įdward Waldo House, 96 Waldo Rd, Scotland, CT 06264 Quechee Polo Field, White River Junction, VT 05047 Thomas Point Beach, 29 Meadow Rd, Brunswick, ME 04011īitterroot Highland Games and Clan Gathering Look Park, 300 N Main St, Florence, MA 01062 Skagit Valley Highland Games and Clan Gathering Gallatin County Regional Park in Bozeman. Vermont Institute of Celtic Arts Festival Wild and Wonderful Celtic Festival and Highland Games, Beverly, WV, No Name Games, Fino Field, Sumner St, Milford, MA Veterans Memorial Park, Old Orchard Beach, ME 04064īellingham Celtic Gathering, Ferndale, WA OUR AGM ( Annual General Meeting), Smoky Mountain Scottish Festival and Games, Townsend, TN STONEHENGE CELTIC FESTIVAL & HIGHLAND GAMES- Kerrville, TX San Antonio TX Highland Games & Celtic Music Festival We sure were, and will again next year for sure.GAMES WE'RE PLANNING FOR 2023,See you there? Every vendor, attendant, and security guard asked us if we were having a good time. ![]() After stopping at the building out front for our will-call tickets, we were right into the event. We stopped at one of the predetermined parking areas, and a school bus took us to the event. You’d expect to attend the event, have to walk long distances and pay a great amount to park. You can enjoy some traditional Scottish food, purchase English, Scottish, and Irish goods, and even get fitted for a kilt. You’ll see great culture, the area where you can trace your own Scottish history. Neither could you, should you decide to attend this event in future years. Billy Boyle’s cabin is a testament to his skill at digging and blowing up rocks to form his highways. To get those logs down, they needed good logging roads. It was scarred with the clear cutting of trees like many in New Hampshire were. Loon Mountain at one time, was not so pretty. In this shot, a highlander and his wife enjoy the view.īilly Boyle was a man who was a professional at building logging roads. I got some great shots at the top including the one above, viewing a great overlook. Regardless, I got a great shot of the Loon area where the physical competitions are.Īfter taking the skilift, I decided to head over to the gondola, which is an enclosed lift that heads to the top of the mountain. A flimsy bar isn’t doing much to help me stay on the very shallow seat. I’m not the most confident with heights, but morso that those seats aren’t really meant for bigger, taller people like myself. ![]() ![]() Taking a trip up the skilift at Loon is a hairraising experience for me. The ancient version of showing other men how strong you are, how manly, without having to actually harm each other. but it shows to me how men used to butch up in the past. Watching these men throw rocks around might not seem like a good time. The Highland games, to me, always meant the real rugged men, ripped with muscles, performing their art with big stones and large logs. ![]() Some competitions couldn’t be described that way. From bagpipe competitions, to the bagpipe march, dancing competitions as you see above were graceful and beautiful. There was lamb being served and I could barely figure out what was on the menu.Ĭompetition was the underlying theme of the day. I had the opportunity to attend the Highland Games, a Scottish tradition which is fun for all who enjoy learning about cultures of years ago.īagpipes were everywhere. ![]()
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