Cabela's Snowrunners

Item: Cabela's Boot's
Model: Snowrunners
Manufacture: Cabela's
Specs: 400gram Thinsulate, full Goretex lace up boot.

Date used: 12.30.07 to present

Conditions:Snow, Mud, Slush

Good: Boot fits great. No break in required. Boot laces up tight and is adequately warm. Sole is good on ice and fair on wet tile. Boot simply looks good. No large plastic ring around the boot. It still looks like a nice hiking boot as apposed to a sorel mud boot. Fits much better then other Cabela boots in the same price range, insulated or not.

Bad: Sometimes if feels like the sole is coming off. I can see that it isn't, however at times if feels and even sounds like it is. The tongue of the boot doesn't always fit right in the boot. Seems to bunch up a little unless pulled out when lacing up the boot. Small thing but annoying.

Nitty Gritty: Great boot so far. I'm interested to see how they hold up under daily wear for the rest of the winter and spring.

A good Christmas

It was a good Christmas. I didn't know what to expect with everything that's been happening in my life. Not knowing and no sense of security isn't a good feeling this time of year.

We exchanged gifts, had traditional food and spent time with each other.

I couldn't be any happier with the way things played out.

The New Second Job

So I'm moving up in the world. At least I think so. I've landed a new second job. My old and almost over second job as cooking for the local Perkin's restaurant. It was a decent job but the flux of new people and the amount of work that is and ISN'T done there gets to be a heavy burden. I figured a few weeks ago it couldn't hurt to put some applications in with the local motels. Try to get a evening shift working the front desk.

Well it worked. The local Motel 6 was looking for someone just like me who needed a few hours and could cover some different shifts also if they needed me too.

So I've been working there a couple days now. Wow what a different side of things. Once again to see a job like that from the other side of the desk, is eye opening. The tricks, and rules about giving a person a room are very interesting.

Xbox 360 here I come..

I had said it a long time ago. That the only thing that would get me to buy a new video game console would be Halo 3. Well it's here and I'm pulling together nickles and dimes to get one. Halo 3 drops on Monday morning at 12:01. So I'll be there getting my copy. If they were looking for increasing sales of the 360 I think there going too.

Review : Palm TX

Well I was skeptical when I was looking at PDA's. Would I really use one? Is it worth it? How will the wifi work? Will it be any help with backpacking and photography? Well here's what I found out. Like any new tech gadget it get's used a ton when you first get it. When it finally works in to you is when you truly see if you need it. I find myself pulling it out of my bag from time to time. Putting in dates and notes that I might want to keep for a long time. So truth is yea..I'm using it. The calender function is nice. It's all ready saved me from messing up a work schedule and missing a shift. The to-do list is nice and annoying enough that you want to get things done. The microsoft app's are awesome. To do a spread sheet while sitting in the car, waiting for kids to get out of a movie is awesome. I started a MSdoc while out camping with the kids in the mountains. So it's nice. I like using it. The wifi is pretty short ranged and the browser is well...odd unless your looking at a mobile version of a website. Still it does work in a pinch. I can pull emails from my Gmail account with no problems. Only problem is it pulls...every email I have in my account. Small problem I haven't found a way around.

So...if your tech friendly, need a little organization, take a look at one.

Do you think your Gear is art?

I've been thinking about making some custom racks to hold my backpacking stuff. Not just a rack for the closet but one that would be welcome and add something to the room. Well that got me thinking about how I consider my hobbies and gear as art. I've always saw my Mtn.Bikes as art. There is a wood stand that holds two mountain bikes, I've always liked the idea of my bikes in the front room. My paintball markers, I've always wanted wall mounts for. Now I want to frame my backpacking gear in specially made pods of different themes. First theme for my backpack "pod" will be a viking theme with viking dragon's on the top and bottom. I also want to do a sleeping bag decompressor(IE hanging rack) out of a Torii. As of late a friend of mine and I have been dump diving. What I mean by dump diving is we go to the local dump and search around in the Construction and development landfill. You wouldn't believe the good wood people throw away. Another good source for getting some hard woods are pallets. There a pain to get apart but, you can find elm, and oak all over.

Review : Mountain House Spaghetti

I was very skeptical when I bought this freeze dried meal. I bough it mainly for my daughter cause I knew it was something she'd eat. We had just sat down after a hard day of hiking. The kids had done really well. They were both very hungry and tired. This meal literally disappeared when I put it in front of my daughter. It looked alot like Spaghetti in a can, BUT it didn't taste anything like that. I can see why they sell this in a large can. We could have eaten a few more servings. It's not that the servings were small, we were just that hungry. Three thumbs up for the Mountain House Spaghetti!