Hoot Mon! Johnsons Win at Utah Scottish Games

There was a nice turn out of cars for this new BMCU event on June 12. The venue was Electric Park at Thanksgiving Point, a new, spacious and scenic fair grounds. The weather was beautiful, with lots of sun, a cool breeze, and snow dusted Timpanogos in the background.

Our cars were placed in a nice spot conveniently located between the pipe band competition and warm up areas (Huh? What did you say? I can't hear you). Ample entertainment was provided beyond the pipe bands (?), including Scottish dancing, celtic folk bands, and the quintessential Scottish recreation, Heavy Athletics. This last was described by Rob Green as "Hey, that looks like it weighs a lot -- let's toss it around a bit!"

The tossers were all in kilts, of course -- including the lasses -- and the tossees were hay bales (sheaves), hammers, stone weights, and of course junior telephone poles (cabers). Maybe we should adopt this at Field Day, e.g., the Lucas Generator Toss. Fortunately, the British pastime of Dwarf Tossing was not warped into Midget Tossing (whew).

Scottish treats were in abundance in the food court, including haggis, meat pies, and wrapped sausages. The idea was tossed around (these are lightweight) that we should develop a cookbook called "Entrails Roasting on an Open Manifold".

The highlight of the day was the people's choice "Best Car on the Lot!" trophy won by Mitch and Diane Johnson's pristine white Spitfire. Another treat was the debut (at BMCU events) of Paul Stoddard's impressive AM-V8 Astin-Martin. Attending were: Mitch and Diane Johnson, Gary, Sandy and Margaux Lindstrom, Rob and Nan Green, Bill and Julie Van Moorhem, Bill and Robyn Rhinehart, Steve Nelson, Larry and Margaret Farrington, Roger Davis, and Paul Stoddard.

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