July 4th in Northern Utah

[BKPowell]

I just wanted to write a follow-up to this thread.
Bright and early on the morning of July 3rd, while wearing a kilt that my wife believed was the Montgomery tartan, my son & daughter walked with me down to the park where we enjoyed breakfast.
I was greeted in line by friends and strangers alike, they all had kind words about me being kilted. One fellow asked why I was wearing a kilt and I explained that North Ogden was settled by pioneers that came from Scotland and this was one way to honor them.
Another fellow approached me and asked if I was from Scotland, because he and his wife were going there next week. I told him that I wasn't but I sure wanted to go.
After breakfast, the entire neighborhood gathered at the home of my good friend. He wore a Black UK and played the pipes as the color guard marched by, leading the parade. When the final note faded away, everyone cheered.

After the parade, my wife, my sons and I went back to the park and enjoyed the music and the food. This time, I wore my Black UK.
I had one comment, someone called out "Nice Kilt!"
I saw one other fellow there that wore a bluish-green kilt with box pleats, not sure who he was.

In the evening, my boys and wife wanted to take in a movie at the Megaplex 13 Theater in downtown Ogden, but on the way, we stopped at Home Depot to get some hardware items. As we were coming into the store, a gal with an English accent was asking my son Landon something. I couldn't quite hear what it was, but when I got closer, the woman asked "What do you wear under there?" I gave her the standard answer "shoe & socks". She said, "But you're not wearing any socks." I replied, "Well, then just shoes".
Actually, it was sandals.

When I asked my son what she was talking to him about, he told me that she said the fashion in Paris and New York, as well as California, is men wearing skirts. My son explained to her that it wasn't a skirt but a kilt. She said she thought it looked like a skirt and didn't expect to see anyone in this part of the country to be wearing a kilt. Now, the part about the men wearing skirts in New York and Paris I am not sure about. You folks that live in those places need to confirm that one for me.

Anyway, as we were walking thru the store picking up items, a lady approached me and asked me about my kilt. Her 17-year son wanted a kilt and she made one for him, but she really liked mine and wanted to know where I got it. I told her I had ordered from Utilitikilt on-line several years ago, but she could go to Rainbow Gardens up Ogden Canyon and get one.
She thanked me after we had a nice chat.

At the Megaplex, no one seemed to notice that I was kilted.

It was a great weekend! The only time I was not kilted was at church, my wife still has a problem with that, even though I tried to explain that everyone at my church has already seen me in a blue and purple tartan kilt. Other that, no matter where I went, I was kilted and the response from everyone was positive.

Thanks for your time and your comments are welcome,

Brad

[Mike_Oettle]

BKPowell wrote: “The only time I was not kilted was at church, my wife still has a problem with that . . .”

Interesting. I have been thinking that when I acquire a kilt at long last, the first place I ought to wear it is in church – more so becase I am hoping that it will be in a tartan that symbolises Christianity.
But my wife also has strange ideas. At the same time, we are no longer attending the same church (long story). So perhaps I will do it anyway.
Regards,
Mike