Yesterday I paid my first visit to REI.

OMG.

My wallet felt like a kid in a candy store. The ONLY thing that saved me was the looooooooooong lines at the checkout stands. I promised myself to come back when it wasn't so crowded. Anyway, they had all kinds of good things: lightweight yellow jackets with removable sleeves all of which folded up into a pocket, some fairly decently priced jerseys, some pretty cool shirts that would look good when I'm NOT riding, and on and on.

I almost bought a really cool hat on clearance that my daughter hated so I knew it was perfect for me...but those lines were murder.

Rock on REI!