Inaugural Kilted Weekend

**nh_maclean** · 11th September 09, 01:08 AM

This past weekend I went to the Strawberry Music Festival near Yosemite National Park and camped with the girl, her bandmates and few thousand other folks. I decided to go kilted (well, most of the time), which was a first for me.

Total learning experience in regards to how to sit on the ground, squat, set up a tent, get into the tent without flashing.

I did get quite a few comments throughout the whole weekend though, mostly good, some weird. The highlights:

1. Teenage boy: "Awesome kilt! God, that sounded gay. I'm not gay but I still think your kilt's great."

2. Guy on trail: "I like your dress."
Wife of guy: "Honey, it's not a dress. It's a skirt."

3. Random guy: "Kilt Check!"

4. The best was when the girl and I found a side trail on our way back to camp that basically deadended so we sat down on a rock and looked out across the valley. Then 4 slightly drunk women obviously from the festival too, came into the clearing and all started pointing at me. They had been talking about "men in kilts" and when they saw a man in a kilt take the side trail, they followed. And giggled. A lot. And asked me to play the bagpipes. Sigh.

Here are some pics... kilt is Donald; mixing the browns (boots) and blacks (belt and sporran) but I don't have matching anything yet; socks probably don't "go" with the outfit but we'd been walking through brush and I'm East Coast tic-phobic so anything to avoid the deer tic.

Cheers,
Noah

**Oddern** · 11th September 09, 01:34 AM

Geat pics! I don't think you should worry to much about matching attire when you're out hiking, as long as it's comfortable and practical. Try gaiters, they protect both legs, boots and hoses when you walk in terrain with lots of twigs and brush.
Skål!

**Rollo** · 11th September 09, 01:46 AM

Nice pics !
Don't forget kilting is freedom way !!!

**BoldHighlander** · 11th September 09, 01:49 AM

Nice photos, thanks for posting.

...as for the drunks, too bad they didn't stumble into a berry patch along the trail!

**Tartan Shortbread Jock** · 11th September 09, 04:16 AM

Hello Noah, nice pictures, the Cowboy hat works very well.
Kind wishes.

**Riverkilt** · 11th September 09, 07:26 AM

Hey cousin,

Visions of maintaining decorum while clambering up a stump....

Ron

**QuarterCeltic** · 11th September 09, 09:35 AM

Great pictures, Noah. Thanks for sharing

Matt

**nh_maclean** · 11th September 09, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

Visions of maintaining decorum while clambering up a stump....

Getting up on it wasn't too bad. jumping down on the otherhand...

**GMan** · 11th September 09, 10:47 AM

I'm impressed just getting up the stump.

**GDub** · 11th September 09, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by nh_maclean

This past weekend I went to the Strawberry Music Festival near Yosemite National Park and camped with the girl, her bandmates and few thousand other folks. I decided to go kilted (well, most of the time), which was a first for me....

Good on you! Kilt on!

BTW, how was the festival this year? Looked like a good lineup.