This past weekend was the Chicago Highland Games, which is held out at the Oak Brook Polo Grounds (about an hour outside of the city) for some reason. The first night saw a rather powerful thunderstorm that blew several tents away (including our own Glen C's Chisholm tent), and put an early end to the festivities. Saturday was a day of sun, heat, and numerous mud puddles that was fun for the whole family. Here are some pictures:

This is what my girlfriend looks like when we are standing in a field during a thunderstorm and tents start blowing away:


Here we are the next day, with sun, fun, and good company-AcuteEnigma, AuldArgonian, belloitpiper, myself, and McFarkus:


My nephews find their true calling:


I participate in the nobbly knees contest:


How come the renfair guys get all the girls...wait:


The caber is tossed:


McFarkus, beloitpiper, and some very excited guy escape the heat:


A group shot with AcuteEnigma, the Earl of Caithness, myself, Glen C, AuldArgonian, McFarkus, and beloitpiper:


I understand, WARPIPER, carlb, TheKiltedCoder, phantomws, and Hellequin were also there, but I did not run into any of them. We left at about 3:30 on Saturday as I had some things that needed doing, and the girlfriend was about to die. If you can't tell, she's a bit fair skinned. By the end of the day she looked like a lobster, and that's with 2 applications of sunscreen (35 and 50).

If anyone else has pictures, I'd love to see them!