A New Toy

Bill must work at REI forever and ever as my life of playing outside depends on his discount. Tonight's purchase? Snowshoes.

I finally decided on a pair after testing just about every model in the store. Uh, it is hard to test show shoes when not on snow. I almost tipped over 21 times. Well, either it is difficult or I just fail at snowshoeing . Through process of elimination, including nixing a pair that apparently need to be used only by people who wear a size 22 shoe and some with pink flowers on them, I made my pick (Atlas 923s, in case you randomly care).



Do you think they will work if I wear pj socks?
And if I leave on the tag?

I almost snagged a pair of cross-country skis and boots too but the size skis I needed were out (well, I could get shorter ones and then lose 10 pounds in order to have them work... alas, I like cheese and beer, so I will wait until some roll in in my size).

Supposedly Philadelphia is going to get a few inches, maybe more, of snow over the next two days. I hope we do so I can test out these clompers. Of course, making this purchase guarantees Philly won't see a single snowflake for the rest of the year. Oh well.