Quote Originally Posted by Alan H View Post
the Ben Lomond Games are small, but the venue is so nice that I will come back again and again. I don't see them getting any smaller. So it's a mixed bag.
Venue is a a big part of it, all right. Here in upstate New York, the Central New York Scottish Games in Liverpool are held in a nice, shady park along a river. The pipe band competitions are held at the bottom of a little hillside that serves as a natural amphitheater. It's always a pleasure to go. The Capital District Scottish Games in Altamont, on the other hand, are on hot, flat, dusty fairgrounds. Even though the vendors, bands and athletics at the latter are at least as good as the former (and slightly closer to my home), I'd choose Liverpool every time.