Adventures of the Allisons

Here we are this morning at the San Antonio Highland Games! Although there are plenty of varied activities, including Scottish clan information, Celtic music and piping, Scottish heavy athletics such as hammer throw and caber toss, and Scottish dog competitions and parade, we are spending most of our time watching the Scottish and Irish dancing and the Viking historical reenactments.



Here are a few highlights from the Scottish Society Highland Dancers...





and here are a few from the Viking Invasion battle reenactments. The fellow with the dark hair, brown shirt, and green pants calls himself Bjorn, and he is definitely the one to beat!

The fact that our stroller has Maclaren written across the top was helpfully pointed out by the representative for the MacLaren clan tent as we walked by. I told him that was probably our closest link to Scotland, but that's not entirely true, as Tim and I both have ancestors from Scotland. In any case, we've had a lot of fun at the Highland Games today!