Men of XMarks at the 2012 Salado (Texas) Clan Gathering and Highland Games

[creagdhubh]

You two chaps look very smart! Great weather it looks like too.

Cheers,

[super8mm]

It was great to meet everyone, it was a bit of a challenge to keep my tent down on the ground by myself but I did get some help from the kind folks in the clan Ross tent so I could go eat and the like. Even had some passersby help me hold it down while I rearranged the stakes, even thought I caught sight of Dorothy and ToTo go by.

Thanks to Frank and the folks that set it us, this was my first year there and first time hosting a clan tent so it was all a learning experience. I do think I will invest in some of those screw in tie downs for dogs as using 4 stakes on each corner just had the ground all broke up where nothing would hold anymore.
My tent out at the lake was pitched down in a low area but still had enough wind to put a permanent bend the two poles that go across the top of my tent.

The calling of the clan was a great experience too and the get together afterwards was very nice.

Here is a link to some pictures I took of the clan tents.

here is where I camped at Stillhouse lake about 6 miles away