Since we have off for the Thanksgiving Holiday break, I thought that I'd take our Siberian out for a hike. The temp. was in the upper 20's with a brisk wind and I wanted to wear my new kilt out for the first time. I figured that I'd be cold because it was a tad windy, but both of us struck out for the BLM land back behind the house. I have wondered how I would react when I met a person out on the trail when kilted (I'm a newbie at this). The sun was out and we were hiking along when another hiker appeared down the trail coming toward us. Uh-oh, I thought, here comes my first encounter. As I got closer the older gentleman had a suprized look on his face and finally said,"Now aren't we stylish, out walkin' the dog with your kilt. That is one nice looking kilt. What tartan is that?" I expected some sort of semi-intelligent comment about the wind blowing up my front panel, but he was thoroughly interested in the tartan, what it was, the type of kilt, where I got it, etc. It turns out he used to be in a pipe band and still had his old kilt hanging up in the closet. He did ask if the Siberian was an accessory for the kilt. I was wearing my new SWK Weathered Lamont and my Husky is a mahogany and white. I told him no and we parted company after visiting for about 15-20 minutes. As we continued our hike, I did not feel cold at all (though my kneecaps were somewhat chilled) and was warmed by the comments about my kilt. I had started the hike with apprehension about wearing the kilt and headed home with a jaunty step proud to be wearing my kilt. I'll be leading a hike with visiting family during the Turkey Day break and you can be certain I'll be wearing my kilt!

Nulty