Below is some of my favorite shots from the Highland Games Scottish Festival we went to. Like I said in my last post, it really was a lot of fun. Lots of color, lots of action, lots of food.....you get the idea.
Vendors were everywhere selling their wares, like these hats.

This fearsome-looking fellow is there every year, leading the mock troop training. He's a very intelligent man, and would have been my choice for a leader in battle.

The Hammer Throw, and other "heavy events," get men in kilts into some outrageous contortions, as this fellow demonstrates. and believe me, that "Caution" tape is there for a reason!

It's not unusual for the Highland Dancers to catch as much air as these two, and then some.

I don't know what they call this, except for it being a "circle dance." I have other shots where they're more in motion, but this one was reasonably symmetrical and well-balanced, so I like it better that some of the others.

Martha (right,) her sister Marie, and Martha's niece Avery, wearing "Ta's" Scotland hat. Cute, huh?

The Scottish regiment display was quite a sight, especially when they did the mock field drill, firing the guns and cannons.

If you know anything about Scottish tartans, the patterns and colors are all about your clan heritage. This riot was just irresistable to me.

I mentioned the Caber Toss, one of the other "heavy events." Basically, you're hefting a telephone pole (kind of,) and trying to get it to move as accurately as possible. The origin of this was when Scottish military units had to cross a fast river in battle, they'd pick a tree, and try to heft it across the river as accurately as possible so it would function as a bridge.