Utilikilt Brown Leather at Monument Valley Utah in the Blowing Sand

[Riverkilt]

Just back from a weekend at Monument Valley. Haven't been in 20 years though I drive past it a lot. Good weather, but lots of blowing sand and high winds. Took my brown leather Utilikilt thinking it would hold up to the sand best. And it did. Sat on it a lot. Its about 130 miles over and back. We took the self-guided Monument Valley tour (17 miles of kidney jostling) and a four hour jeep (actually pick up truck) tour of Mystery Valley. Incredible beauty, incredible history.

The wind was blowing so fast, particualarly through the arches and canyons that many times my UK brown leather kilt "Marilyn Monroed" on me. Did have on an underkilt so it didn't freak the Navajo tour guide out. Much thanks to Willy Blackwater of Blackwater Tours for a great trip back into the recesses of Mystery Valley.







If the pics don't come up for you they're in my gallery in the UK leather sub-album.

Ron

[Robin]

Awesome landscape!

Isn't a leather kilt steaming hot?

....just wondering :confused:

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Hey Ron, nice pics, but does that Marines t-shirt have different color sleeves on the front and back (blue and black)?

[Riverkilt]

Aye,

A very spiritual place. Especially when we took the tour off the beaten track back into the recesses of Mystery Valley and the Anasazi cliff dwellings. So quiet.

No, the leather kilt isn't hot. Today it was in the low 70s F and wasn't even hot with kilt hose due to the very high winds.

I've worn my leather kilt in the summers here in Arizona when the temp is well over 100 degrees F. Leather seems to like the heat, actually molds to my body and settle in to a solid fit.

It does keep me warm in the winter. Have worn the UK leather in snow and sleet storms and it kept me toasty too. Go figure. Hot in winter, cool in summer. Certainly not a lightweight poly kilt, but not oppressive at all in the summer.

Wore my RKilts saffron leather kilt in Albuquerque last June with no problem. Guessing its because the kilt is a kilt. Leather pants or a jacket would no doubt be very hot.

I took a leather jacket with me this weekend, but never wore it.

Ron

[Riverkilt]

Hey KCW,

Good eye....but no...blue sleeves were from the Gathering of Nations t-shirt I wore yesterday. Marines t-shirt was today. Wore the kilt three days in a row on the road...works great.

Ron

[mudd]

Great pictures! I love that place. It’s like magic.

[Alan H]

Gorgeous Pics, Ron. I've gotta get out there, someday.

[LoftGuy]

[QUOTE=Riverkilt]Just back from a weekend at Monument Valley. Haven't been in 20 years [img]

"A very spiritual place. Especially when we took the tour off the beaten track back into the recesses of Mystery Valley and the Anasazi cliff dwellings. So quiet."

Ron,

Been 40+ years since I've been there but your great pics brought back the overwhelming sense of spirituality I experienced in the Valley. Somehow, it felt that there was a presence other than us there and upon entering the abandoned dwellings, I had the feeling of violating the space of these long gone people.

Thanks for your posting.

Bob

[Panache]

What an amazing looking place! Thanks for the photographs.

[Southern Breeze]

Great pics! Thanks.