While we did lots of fun things while she was in Provo, like drive through the canyon, explore Bickenstaff's toy store, see A Wrinkle in Time (an original play at BYU), and work on our family history, the highlight of our funstravaganza was the 39th Annual Scottish Festival and Highland Games at Thanksgiving Point.
We saw lots of bagpipers.
We watched sheaf tossing, where men and women spear a bag of straw with a pitchfork and grunt as they try to fling it backward over a bar.
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| He's gonna toss that sheaf! |
We also watched caber tossing. Fo' rizzle. They were throwing trees.
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| Cart 'o cabers |
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| Melissa watching caber tossing |
People in kilts outnumbered us normal folk significantly.
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| All kinds of kilts |
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| The only "traditional" kilt ensemble we saw |
There were also a few processions of pipers, which I recorded for your auditory delight. (You may want to turn your speakers down. These pipers are a force of nature.)
I got a mild sunburn. It was a glorious day.
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One of my Vegas friends usually dances at that festival! Fun!
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