Melinda Ward
Last Saturday my husband, myself, and a couple of friends went to the Utah Scottish Festival and Highland Games.
My best friend introduced me to the festival the first year I moved to Utah, and now we try to make it every year. It’s something I look forward to all year, and not something I ever heard about when living in California.
First stop is always some authentic Scottish food; this is Bangers and Mash.
Image via Grayshades.net
This is prettier than what I ate, but just as delicious, I’m sure.
Browsing the shops and watching the traditional games followed.
Wikipedia
This is a photo of the caber toss!The caber is essentially a long log, which the athletes have to lift and then flip over as straight as possible. It can be 16’ to 20’ long, and weigh between 85 and 120 pounds.
Unfortunately, the athletes on Saturday had a much harder time than the gentleman in the picture because the wind this year was really bad. Imagine having to lift that heavy log, and then being blown over! Scary!
Did you do anything fun last weekend? Any exciting plans for Father’s Day?
Oh, and happy Flag Day!
Which reminds me . . . how would you like to win a fun prize? I’m offering up some fun sentiment flags from Jillibean Soup as well as some kraft flag pins from Maya Road and some cards and envelopes from DCWV!
Comment below for a chance to win! All comments must be received by Monday, June 18th at 5 pm MDT.
Have a wonderful day!
Ohh, this looks like fun!
thank goodness the wind didn’t blow up the kilts! or did it? sounds like fun, though.
Oh how fun! I really, really love those Jillibean Soup wooden tags!!!
Looks like a lot of fun!! Thanks for the chance to win!!
Looks like lots of fun!
Cute prizes – no plans for Father’s Day and while it is flag day in the States it was a busy day for me as it was my daughter’s birthday and the other daughter was being given a school award.
Great photos – thanks for sharing.
What fun!
Our Friends for Learning group in Idaho Falls chose Scotland as our foreign country class this semester and (as always) wound it up with a Cultural Cuisine Dinner. Tasty food and great decorations…we even had a bag-piper!
Super fun! I would love to do a Scottish festival sometime. I actually would love a trip to Scotland. Giving that away here?? lol. Thanks for the fun you are giving away.
One Day I am going to have to visit Utah!
It sounds like you had a wonderful day. That would be something I would like to do.
We just stuck around our house last weekend and will be doing the same this weekend, there seems to always be something to do around the house.
As a Scottish lass, I’m jealous of the day you just described.
Thanks for the chance to win.
big family gathering planned for father’s day.
Bangers and Mash would be amazing right now. making me hungry!
Wow, looks like you guys had fun. Thx for the chance to win
Wow! Super fun! Thanks for sharing!
The Scottish games is one thing I really miss about living in Utah. Great photos!
Fun prize, thanks for the chance!
love to win these Maya fun stuff..thanks for the chance!
What a fun festival to go to!! Thanks for the chance to win!
Those are beautiful…. pick me please!
I love going to regional festivals – we have an annual Greek festival and some Native American festivals here in TN. Love those prizes, thanks for the chance to win!
How fun! And I love the looks of this giveaway…the kraft flags are adorable!
Thank you for the opportunity to win those great kraft flags & wooden sentiment flags.
What a fun little batch of goodies!! Thanks for the chance to win!!
LOVE me a man in a kilt!
Love those goodies….especially the Maya Road!
Fun! I spent 2 weeks in Scotland a couple of years ago and am going back in November, can’t wait! The culture is amazing.
I would love to win your goodies!
Thanks for the opportunity to win!
That sounds like a great time…gotta love men in kilts