In a replay of the Wisconsin Highland Games in Waukesha two years ago, the Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games were hit by high winds just before the event this weekend. Vendors and Clan members who set up the day before were greeted Saturday morning with a jumble of bent shelters, collapsed tents (big and small), and soggy or destroyed merchandise that looked like the aftermath from Hurricane Andrew. Very few escaped the furry of 65-70 mph winds as an early morning thunderstorm ripped through the area. Pictured below is the shelter graveyard quickly created to clear the grounds that morning, as the event went on as scheduled.


Despite a shaky start and sultry weather, most participants made the best of it.