The Gay Games VII Rowing Events, held at Crystal Lake, were fine and dandy – and you know what that means.
That’s right, they are a bust as Heck Of A Guy Blog material. If you’re in a HOAG mode, I can only counsel you to await my next, more characteristically nasty post and offer my previous posts dealing with Crystal Lake & the Gay Games Rowing competition.
- Crystal Lake To Permit “Whatever Floats Your Boat” Rowing Event
- Gay Games Rowing Approved; Moral Issues Eschewed
- Pre-apocalytpic Follow-up
- Gay Games “Rowing” Apparently NOT A Euphemism
Local Color
In my tour of the Rowing Event yesterday, I did notice a couple of interesting details, including
A plethora of police
And a tidy little demonstration
I even spotted a genuine bible-thumper thumping his bible while a TV camera and microphone captured his performance. By the time I doubled back to get a photo, however, the TV camera and microphone had disappeared – as had the evangelical himself.
If You Can Handle The Truth: Links
I must confess that an altogether more thorough and thoughtful rendering of the day is provided by these following posts of the McHenry County Blog:
- 4,000 See Gay Games Regatta
- Gentle Christians Sign Carriers Relegated to Distant Venue
- Police Out in Force for Gay Games
- Observations on the Gay Games After Scanning the Tribune
Cal Skinner, the author of these posts, captured everything I noted and much, much more. On the downside, despite Mr. Skinner’s well-meaning efforts, he falls a bit short of my standards for cynicism and is a tad too fair-minded for my taste. Otherwise, I can heartily recommend his account of the affair.
For the graphically minded, there is an effective, rewarding set of photos of the rowing event at
The News Herald Game Games VII Regatta Slideshow
Heck Of A Guy Posts on the Crystal Lake Gay Games Rowing Event
I envy your getting a shot of the flag. I saw them after posting my first articles, but didn’t immediately take a picture.
By the time I looked again, they were gone.
The Christians in the designated 1st Amendment area (where the signs were shown along the snow fence) were there from at least 10:30 to 5:30.
Perhaps your “Bible thumper” was the one I read about that was at the parking’s lot crosswalk.