pics from Estes Park/Longs Peak

[cloves]

what are the tartans.....

I'm interested in the dark one in the first pipe band pic. On the guys with the big bearskin hats.

and the other tartan on the band wearing the blue jackets and hose.

Anybody know those?

[Norbydog]

Mudd....I didn't get on the grounds until about noon, due to the rain, traffic, and my general misundertanding of the grounds. It took me a good hour to find where the baseball fields were even at.

I have avowed to get an Xmarks shirt to wear next year, so I can be found.

[andyfg]

Great pics. I love the one of the row of guys all in different kilts. Is that also cops in kilts? Thanks!

[flyv65]

I have avowed to get an Xmarks shirt to wear next year, so I can be found.

I saw three people wearing X Marks t-shirts, one of which was working at the Haggis and tatties booth. He'd never heard of us, but thought the t-shirt was cool and got it from a co-worker at the Stonehouse restaurant.

Bryan...saw a guy and a gal wearing them, too...

[Macman]

and the other tartan on the band wearing the blue jackets and hose.

Anybody know those?

Cloves, it looks like an RCAF pipe band. Anybody else know?

[Livingston]

Cloves, it looks like an RCAF pipe band. Anybody else know?

That would be the 400 Helicopter Squadron, Canada. From their web site "The 400 THS Pipes & Drums wears the distinctive RCAF Tartan." I'll have more pics posted of them when I get home tonight. We also had the RCMP Pipe Band, US Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Band (29 Palms, CA), the Old Guard and several Colorado and New Mexico pipe bands.

[cessna152towser]

Good pics, thanks for sharing.

[Alan H]

That RCAF tartan is NICE!

[Pour1Malt]

guid pics!

ta fur sharin those...

slainte mhath!

[mudd]

Mudd....I didn't get on the grounds until about noon, due to the rain, traffic, and my general misundertanding of the grounds. It took me a good hour to find where the baseball fields were even at.

I have avowed to get an Xmarks shirt to wear next year, so I can be found.

Well, nuts! You must have been in that long line of people at the entrance I passed on my way out to the car to get our umbrellas. I thought I may be able to recognize people. I wore my X-marks Kilt pin for ID.

We got there at about 9:00. Walked around looking at all the stuff. It was nice because it wasn’t crowded, yet. It started raining just before the time we were to meet at 11:00. I walked around the area around the Ball Field for almost an hour (in the rain) while my wife and daughter looked for stuff to buy. The rain stopped just as soon as I got to my car for the umbrellas. After that, it was REALLY crowded. We couldn’t even get close enough to see the ceremonies. We crapped out at about 2:00 and drove up to the National Park. (I love that Park in the rain).

We have some pictures. I'll post them when they get developed. (Need to get one of those digital thingys).