Friday, July 10 - Antigonish to Enfield

Antigonish has held Highland Games since 1863, except for a few years during WWI.  This year they go on for seven days.  We attended Games in Scotland a few years ago and it was a one or two day affair--nothing near the size of this one.

First off this morning were the kids' events like the caber toss and foot races.  I don't know if the video of the caber toss will work for you.

Then around noon the teenagers' events started.  Here's the stone throw.  It's kind of like shot put but they throw a field stone that's not very round, and , of course, you have to wear a kilt.

The cabers for the caber toss are the telephone looking poles lying on the ground.

The adult events are this weekend so we wont get to see them.  We had a good time wandering around the area watching the various events and looking at the booths.  I bought a ring made out of an antique spoon (they are Scots, after all) and G got a bit of tartan to wear on his new cap.

Sales tax (or whatever they call it here) is 15%.  They say it's the same all over Canada. Another financial tidbit--they no longer use or accept one cent coins.  They have a one dollar coin, called a loonie and a two dollar coin called a toonie.  We need to get rid of our pennies, too.

We are picking J up at 7 am at the Halifax airport tomorrow so we are staying at an airport motel tonight.

Here are some Nova Scotia wild flowers: