16 Hours

[sorcererdale]

This past week we drove from Michigan, through Canada, to New York state by Fort Drum. My daughter, in the Army band, just returned from Afghanistan and is now back with her husband and 2 year old son. And that drive is 16 hours in a car, one way.

We drove to my son's, 7 hours away and he drove us from there. I was wearing a black Survival from Utilikilts and was never more comfortable the whole time. I was in the back seat when my son drove and he keeps his car a bit cooler than I like it, and I was warm the whole time. Also, after the ride back home, I checked my pleats and was amazed to find not a wrinkle in them!

A few comments from here and there. In Canada I got a few odd looks at the service centres (rest stops), but then my wife and son just had on tee shirts and no jacket, and some of the people we saw were in parkas, hats, gloves, etc, since it was cold and windy. But driving is more comfortable without jackets.

I also had on my X Marks tee shirt and one lady said to me, "I like your shirt!" I thought, I ran it through my head again, and it was shirt, and not skirt.

At one point I almost got mixed up going into the bathroom. At one gas station they only had a unisex bathroom, and so the sign on the door had the "man" outline along with the "woman" outline which looks like a guy in a kilt outline. So then the next few bathrooms we stopped at, were men's and women's, but seeing the "kilted" picture, made me think that was where I should enter. Actually it was the women's and I realized it, but still had to think about it. haha

Otherwise the only other comment was when my son and I were at the urinals, and two other guys were there at the same time. One guy said to the other, "Look, he's got a skirt!" That was when I was lifting the front of the kilt, and then that same guy said, "But look how easy that is!" OK, TMI, but I had to tell the story.

DALE.

[Tattoo Bradley]

Sounds like another "day in the life..."

[ScottInNewHampshire]

Kilts do seem to break down the urinal rules (no talking, looking, etc.) I had a similar experience just tonight when I was in the gents at the opera. Funny.

[Rigged]

I think I've handed out more cards in the restroom than anyplace else. One poor guy was struggling at the stall -- probably got his underwear caught in the zipper. At the sink, he asked me where I got the kilt.

[thescot]

I wore a kilt as we were out stolling though a nearby bunch of shops. All comments were positive, but when asked why I was kilted, I anwered, "Because it's January 13th."

Of couse, they wanted to know what Jan. 13 is. "It's the day before Sunday the 14th," I repsonded. Then all laughed.

I told most of them that I was kilted because I wanted to be, and since all the women were in pants, I didn't want to dress like a girl. It was all in good fun.

And Sorcererdale, be sure to tell your daughter that I said, "Thank you for your service."

[ckelly327]

I've been asked before what I do about going to the rest room and I just tell people that it's the obvious and easiest way possible. No reason to go into great detail because I would think that it would be obvious.

[McMurdo]

This past week we drove from Michigan, through Canada, to New York state by Fort Drum. My daughter, in the Army band, just returned from Afghanistan and is now back with her husband and 2 year old son. And that drive is 16 hours in a car, one way.

I am glad your Daughter is back safe and sound.

I also had on my X Marks tee shirt and one lady said to me, "I like your shirt!" I thought, I ran it through my head again, and it was shirt, and not skirt.

That might be because there are a few of us up here that are getting the locals accustomed to seeing the kilt, or the fact that we are a colony, not sure which.

I am glad you had a good trip.

[cessna152towser]

Excellent. As you have found, wearing a kilt can be a very positive experience.

[Jimmy the Celt]

Sounds like another "day in the life..."

I like that! Or would it be a "day in the kilted life" or perhaps a "day in the life of the kilted / kilt wearers?"

Either way, I like the sentiment

[Kilted KT]

I've driven from Oklahoma to Massachusetts ( 24hrs if you drive straight through) a few times, both trousered and recently kilted.

to make a long story short, I'll never drive any distance without a kilt ever again!

( something about no longer dealing with pants creaping up while driving is such a relief!)