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UK Cases on Vacation!
UK Case Lady 2008-09-02 20:39:18 UTC

So, like most other people I spent my Labor Day weekend on vacation and not doing very much laboring at all. My parents have a lovely second house up in Utah and I headed up there to visit them along with my cousin and his girlfriend, my other cousin and her husband, and my cousin’s husband’s brother (got that?), who was already up there filming a movie because he’s a big shot actor. Anyway, my dad, who is the original Survivor Man, really enjoys that one of the perks of my job is that he gets lots of UK product to test out in the field. And of course, the UK cases were up in Utah with us and accompanied us on all our adventures.

I have to say, in writing about UK cases I generally spend a lot of time talking about all the impressive features like how tough, waterproof, dust proof, etc. they are, and I forget what is, to me, the number one selling point: the things are practical and great to have around in any situation. My parents threw both of them in the bed of their truck to go up to Utah and during the entire drive from San Diego they didn’t have to worry about rain or anything else they drove through affecting the contents. We took them fly fishing with us and they held all the gear and kept it dry on shore. And on Labor Day, when we all headed up to the Uinta Mountains to go hiking and got hit with an unexpected snowstorm, my dad’s various survival tools stayed safe and dry (speaking of which, after that snow experience I will never again question his need to bring a sleeping bag, water purification system, and flare on a 3 mile hike ever again). I guess I tend to think of UK cases as being the thing you need when you are about to go on a safari, or ice fishing, or out on the high seas, but the truth is they are pretty nice to have around on a family vacation as well.

Anyway, thought I would post some pictures up here of the cases in action, among them my cousin Laura and I in our fly fishing waders, and the case in a blizzard!

What did everyone else do over the holiday weekend?