Kiltgate

My friend Shadow Cast has been trying about the last month to get a skirt, I mean hiking kilt. When we were in Damascus Peacock got his, and that put the idea in Shadow's head. He tried one on at the outfitter in town, but was not sure if he wanted it. Before leaving town he flipped a coin, and the coin told him not to get it. Once we left town he changed his mind and at the next town he called his friend Katie and asked for her to get the kilt and send it to the next town we were going to stop at in about 6 days. We get there, and there is no package. He calls Katie and asks "What's up?" She was not sure what color he wanted, and did not buy it. Shadow is disappointed because it only comes in one color. He did not think that would be an issue. So she says OK, it will be at the next town. At the next town, still no kilt. He calls up and found out that she did not know what size. Next town, no kilt because she did not know which town to send it to. Next town and still no package. Shadow calls Katie, and she thinks he must be joking at this point. She had paid 20 for overnight shipping. She started cursing even though she was at the f%&#@ng Lowes. She called FedEx and the package had been delivered and rejected. Appartently she did not write "hold for AT Thru hiker" as part of the address. Finally she sent on to the house where we are currently staying. As we are being driven here we find out that one of the packages sent to Carlos had been opened by Bigfoot's wife. It was addressed to Bigfoot and she did not recognize the contents so she sent it back. This sent Shadow back into freakout mode. He called up Katie got the tracking number and we stoppped at the local FedEx location, but it was not there. When we get to Bigfoot's house we find out that it was a USPS box she had sent back, and the FedEx package with the skirt was there are waiting. So after one month and almost 350 miles Shadow is now happily wearing his skirt. I will post a picture of him in his kilt sometime after Trail Days.