Welcome to the family, Michael and kin!
This is Mary - the other half of Tom. He came home so excited about the wonderful reception at the games and all the Thompsons who came to the tent! He told me about meeting and talking with you and your family and about your great music (and donation!) You weren't the only one the Clan Campbell sent our way! Tom and Booner went over on Sunday and thanked them! They explained that we aren't saying all Thom(p)sons are Clan Thompson any more than they are MacTavish, Campbell or McIntosh or Fraser! There are reasons of locale for those clans to have had some Thom(p)sons with them and we would expect the Argyll Thom(p)sons to go with Campbell. It made perfect sense to them too!
Defintely makes sense to me Mary, and I understand a lot more about all the interactions after listening to Tom and reading some of the material on the clan web site. I'm definitely going back for some more on that.
Tom must have worn himself out ....he's down with a sore throat and terrible congestion and spent the day in bed today! I'll give him another day or so and then he'll simply have to revive and post!
I don't doubt he wore himself out. You should have seen him just talking to all those people and explaining about the clan and our connections and getting them to sign the petition to the Lord Lyon and all. I wouldn't be surprised if he spent days in bed.
Harold, Patsy and Tom all raved about how beautiful the location was and about the elk sleeping in the yard at the hotel. I think if Tom could take his log cabin with him, he'd be heading to Colorado tomorrow. Unfortunately (?), TN is a little cheaper for us retired folk........ we'll just have to save our pennies for trips to CO!
Well, we do believe that God may have created a lot of country, but he lives in Colorado. The elk are just beginning to get ready for the rut, and I've heard stories that the bugling is starting up in places. People come from all over to hear the elk bugle, and to see the Aspen trees change to red and gold and make the hillsides look like there are veins of fire among the dark evergreens. We don't have the dramatic fall colors of New England but our Aspen make up for a lot of that. And we're seeing the dusting of snow on the high peaks, some of which have only been snow-free for a month or two. Fall is pretty exciting in Colorado.
Did they tell you we are planning on having a tent at the Gathering 2009 if we can get enough people there??? Something to think about!
They did, and we're looking forward to it. Booner said we might do the Highlands Ranch Festival down in the Denver area too, which would be exciting. We helped out at the Welsh Society booth this year, as we also have Welsh relatives on my mother's side, but would love to meet more new Thompsons.
Again, to you and yours, WELCOME!
Thank you so much, and all the others who have made us so welcome. We are so grateful to Tom and Booner and everybody who has worked so hard to make this possible and we're more than excited about the future of Clan Thompson.
As Tom taught us during the clan recognition on Sunday:
The Reivers Ride Again!Michael
