Grandfather Mt.

[macsim]

Here are a few pics from Grandfather Mt. Sometimes I feel like I miss out because I'm tied to the tent most of the time. Still, it was a great weekend and a few XMarkers made it.

One of the reasons I like to stay at the tent. (It was Friday so I went "Irish" with my Newsome Fitzsimmons kilt. Sorry you couldn't make it Matt!):


The Rabble:


Eric Frasure made his pro debut and finished second overall. Not a bad start! Here he is in the new Fraser Hunting Sport Kilt:


A view Saturday evening from my lodgings on Beech Mt. See the deer?


The Old Man:

[Randy]

Hey, thats my lovely bride sporting a XMarks shirt. She is very jealous of the duck.

[Luckey]

Great pics Macsim. Man, I have got to get there one of these years!

[David Dalglish]

Great Backdrop for a Highland gathering, very nice pictures

[CelticRanger66]

Great Pictures and scenery!!!

[Arlen]

These pictures make it look even better than everyone has described.
Glad you had a good time at the games.

[Big Paul]

Great pics!! Thanks for sharing them.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Sorry I could not make it. I used to attend the Grandfather Mountain Games religiously each year until 5 years ago when we welcomed our daughter into the world that same weekend. I discovered then that the world would not stop turning if I missed Grandfather Mountain!

The Museum had six people volunteer to man our tent at the Games, and I trust they did a wonderful job. I hope some of you had the opportunity to stop by and say hi.

Here's what I did on Saturday instead. First we loaded up the family and went to Ashville to see the NC Wildlife Center:
http://www.wildwnc.org/index.cfm
(kind of like a zoo but with only native animals). They had a wonderful butterfly exhibit!

Then we stopped at a local park and had a birthday party/picnic lunch. Afterwards we stopped by the NC Arboretum (where my brother works as a horticulturalist):
http://www.ncarboretum.org/

It was a long, fun, and very full day. We returned home with some very worn out kids (and parents!) and spent Sunday relaxing.

So I can't really say I "missed" the Games, but it looks like you all had a great time!
Matt

[TimC]

Great pictures - beautiful back drop to the event. Thanks for sharing.

-Tim

[BEEDEE]

I was there Thursday night but had to miss the rest. Thanks for the great pictures.

Brian