Richmond, VA Highland Games

[Gil Prothero]

yeah, went there today, it's gonna take three days to wash off the dust..
BUT, so many people! so much to buy! to see, to walk.. so little time!! my sister in law asked me about the "tossing of the sheep", i told her it was practice to get them on the roof to mow the grass..
tried some beer and coffee, and lemonade, ( not all at one time..) didn't get to try the whiskey, it would have cut the dust..
NICE , lots and lots of vendors..bought some stuff even though i said i wasn't going to...only saw one backward kilt, saved the boy as fast as i could, it was his moms fault...she knows now..
and KCW is right, that band...yes THAT ONE, ALBANNACH
holy haggis !!
they got a web site, look it up, play the music.. goosebumps..
i want that played the day i go, as loud as possible..
it might bring me back..
my brother got to wear his new AMERIKILT, khaki, he was happy as hell...and he couldn't get over the stares and comment going down and coming back..he asked if i always experience that...i said no, must be him...lol
he'll want another soon...
so, next year supposedly, it's moving further north, coroline county,
be there, or be square..
oh, by the by, saw a trend, both on one of the band members, and in the field, kilts , LONG kilts, below the knees..i think it's a puck, rock, celtic, goth, neo-scottish, rebellion..( what? scots rebelling, how shocking !) thing..
i get it now, good on em...bless em, (sniff) all..

[HeathBar]

We had a whirlwind trip. Not including the wind from Saturday. We drove Nashville, Tennessee Friday morning and made it to Richmond in time for dinner. The bad thing is we had to drive in rain the whole 12 hours. Some unfortunate circumstances back home caused us to have to cut our trip short and we drove back home Sunday. The weather was much better though.
We enjoyed our time at the games, despite the wind. At least it wasn't rain. Instead of sunburnt, I think we got wind burt. I don't know If I have ever seen so many vendors. My wife had never been to a games that size. We had a good time. Clan Barclay had its AGM there. The tent organizer was excited because he had never had that many Barclays in his tent. We had people coming from all over, California, Tennessee, and New York. We had fun despite the circumstances.
The only xmarker I met was JerMc. But I think I saw Paul, walking back to his car with his wife and daughter.
I'm having a problem posting my pics. The photo address when copied over has spaces that I think throwing them out of whack. I'll work on it and post them later.

I think I've got it now.
JerMc and me

Me

VMI band (w/o gray tunics)

Richmond band (I think)