Clan March Up the Royal Mile--Edinburgh, Scotland

Saturday, August 1st, 2009 was a historic day in Edinburgh, Scotland. Around 125 different clans marched up the Royal Mile from the bottom to the Edinburgh Castle. This is the front row of Clan Gregor group...

It was fun being in a parade...

There were pipe bands...

People as far as the eye can see coming up the road...

And people stood on the sides and cheered us on...

Our clan chief, Sir Malcolm and his lovely wife, Lady McGregor took part as well...

People were waving flags and cheering out their windows...

Mom, Dorothy McGregor Seager (81) and Tom joined us near the end...

And a few cried tears of joy...

Here are a couple videos, compliments of my wonderful brother-in-law, Rob...

Yes, I was there too; so thankful Rob thought to get my mom, sister, and me walking together in this unforgettable event...

That was definitely a high point in my life, and it was a privilege to be able to take part in it. Something like this leaves one with a feeling of pride for their culture and heritage...

Trip to Scotland!!!!

Wow, I've been so preoccupied with scheduling the airline tickets for our trip to Scotland at the end of July that I forgot all about blogland. Thank God, I'm done with that and I can move on and even spend some time here and there whilst I gather together what I'm taking with me and researching places to go and things to do in our spare time.

I checked out 8 books to study the lay of the land and other things that might help to know about when we get there. I was thinking about how limited it is to not be able to drive around and how much more business the little towns and shops would have if they hadn't made everything backwards over there in merry old Great Britain. I guess there's no changin' now... That was a dumb decision, whoever made it! I was thinking how fun it would be to be able to adventure around serendipitously here and there just for fun. Not going to happen--that way anyway.

For the next 2 months, this is what is going to be on my mind; I'm so excited to be able to go, and, as I said on my Facebook post, I consider it a huge blessing--Thank You, Lord!!!!! I'm in awe of it all, and I just put all my trust and hope in the Lord...