Living Desert 2006 || 1st Anniversary 2006 || San Diego Zoo 2006 || Scottish Festival 2006

Queen Mary Scottish Festival
February 18, 2006, Long Beach, CA

The Queen Mary hosts a Scottish Festival annually and we like to make a day of visiting the Queen Mary, the Scorpion, and the Scottish Festival! There's lots of walking and browsing through bagpipes, swords, and men wearing skirts. Oops, I mean kilts.


 

Ancient coin press, invented by Leonardi DeVinci himself.

 

Watching the stone throwing contests, John and Reid.


 

Pablo.

 

Tim joins us for a day of fun.


 

Juanita sits next to me on the bleachers.

 

Big, brawny Scottsman in the anvil throwing contest.


 

Another bid dude.

 

The border collie sheep herding demonstration.


 

The Scottish medieval encampment.

 

Scottish soldiers marching band?


 

Bagpipers.  Those things really make a statement!

 

Renaissance Scots pikemen.


 

The ancient Clan MacCoin.

 

Just Juanita, Bob, Juanita, and Mandy from this point on.


 

Bob on the gangway of the Russion submarine.

 

Nathan and the Scorpion.


 

Mandy and the sub.

 

Bob and the Scorpion con tower.


 

Juanita is a little teapot.

 

Nathan.


 

Torpedo launching bay.

 

Juanita swings through an access hatch.


 

Nathan comes out the other side.

 

So does Bob.


 

I take a seat in the Officer's mess hall.

 

Nathan and controls.


 

The way out. Or a butt shot, whichever you prefer.

 

On the top deck of the Queen Mary, the Scorpion below.


 

Walking towards the bow (the front of the ship to you landlubbers).

 

Juanita and Nathan take in the gorgeous view of Long Beach.


 

Juanita, sky, and water.

 

ME, in caps.


 

The loading docks in the distance.

 

Nathan and Juanita.


 

Bob and Juanita.

 

The bridge before we attack.


 

We try really, really hard to turn the wheel.

 

Nathan and deck gun.


 

Juanita and flying hair.

 

Bob, Juanita, and Nathan on the bridge.


 

The controls.

 

Nathan in engineering.


 

Engineering.  Just turn your head to the left.

 

Nathan, Bob, and Juanita - group butt shot.


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