Hey guys!!!!!

I left Sat and didn't get back till Mon.

i scanned in the few minute intervals I had (and missed this thread).

Until that pic, I had not realized HOW MUCH RED we all had on that day. Also, there are 3/THREE Carolina kilts, a rarity as it is not milled much (Matt and mine are from a special run in Lochcarron 16oz wool and Tartanhiker's is a cotton X Kilt variation. The difference in tones is AMAZING.
While on color . . . one of the Lewis Hose tones at the Tartan Museum is the PERFECT match for the gray-ish/purple-ish blue in the X Marks tartan!!! How is THAT for a good find?

It was GREAT meeting everyone!!!
In the tent next door was Bob Martin, author and reviver of the box-pleat kilt, who I got to talk to for a couple hours and learned SO MUCH.

I missed Friday (Lived just far enough that it was NOT a good night to "run-off" when I had been GONE the week before and the 3 days following), so I missed Hunting MacLeod.
On Sat, I got to hear Albannach, and think they are worth all the hype. GREAT energy. Their CD will be PERFECT for "spirited" driving along twisty mountain roads!!!

On Dread, he stayed home, as he was worried that the sweat would be bad for Jadewink's recovery and he did NOT want to leave her all day.
I DID see SEVERAL X Markers who have not posted in a while, due to work and family-related time constraints (priorities, priorities). Kilted Goth passes along a "Hi."

It seems Greenville is seeking to turn the Southeast's "Big 4" (Grandfather, Charleston, Loch Norman, and Stone Mountain) into the "Big 5." We'll see how they do over the next few years. I'm curious when the "curiosity factor" wears-off, as there were not THAT many actually IN kilts, how the games will be in the long term.

Again, I had fun meeting everyone.