Today my Dad and I went to the Utah Scottish Festival. It was so much fun! We at Kettle Corn which is one of the best things on Earth and we walked around looking at tents with Clan history, merchandise (mostly swords and kilts), and we even settled down for a bit to watch some Scottish games. There was rock throwing, poll throwing and sack tossing. I think that the ancient Scots just looked around for something to throw and name it a sport, but I'm glad that they did because it was very entertaining to watch. We mostly watched the sack tossing (they weigh about 16 lbs and must be tossed by a small pitch fork). In this sport there is a poll, like a high jumping poll which the contestant needs to toss the sack over in order to move to the next round. The contestant has three tries to make it over and if he does not make it, he is eliminated. It was amazing to see these men toss a 16 lb bag over the ever increasing hight of the bar. The funny thing was that the winner was a Japanese man! At the Scottish Festival!!! He even had a kilt on! It was so much fun to watch. Dad and I also watched a little bit of the poll tossing which was right next to the sack tossing and I can't help but wonder why anyone would want to do it. After the sporting events we walked around some more and enjoyed some homemade rootbeer and cream soda which came in some really cool looking class bottles (which was the whole reason why I wanted the soda in the first place). Other highlights of the Scottish Festival were the bagpipers and the birds of prey that were being shown. All in all, it was a fun event and I had a great time having a little Daddy-Daughter date! Thanks Dad!!
Sack Tossing
Someone had a Wolf Hound! It was so beautiful!
The Majestic Owl
The Falcon (my favorite)
1 comment:
That's hilarious that a Japanese man won! Yum! The soda sounds good!
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