Anticipation...

It's been a long time coming. Oh, there were rumors, then something in the paper. Could it be true? And then, the physical evidence... earth moved; no, not as in, "Wasn't that fantastic?" nor a seismic event. They broke ground.

And today? Today was the first day that Bass Pro Shop in our area was officially open. Hey, it's not like we were going to be fanatic and camp outside to be the first in the door. Heck, we waited until almost an hour after they opened. The place was plenty busy. I told Joan, "If we can find a parking place, I'm not going to do the 'circle around thing,' stalking people who are walking away from the store, in search of a spot." Fortunately, that wasn't necessary - we found a parking place way off to the back side. It was a nice walk.

Inside, crowded, but not so bad you couldn't move around. Kinda like the Monday after Thanksgiving at the Mall, not the Friday. Good to see that the local population is supporting this major enterprise. Plenty of people pushing shopping carts full of stuff - fryers in time for the Thanksgiving holiday seemed to be the most popular item. Nothing either of us really needed, but we enjoyed looking at boats, boat stuff, kayaks, kayak stuff, clothes... more recon for the next real shopping time we visit.

Since we were in that area, we had a nice lunch out, checked in on the HitchHiker, visited the outlet mall... oh, that outlet mall has been open for over 2 years, this was the first time either of us felt the need to check it out. Again, nothing we needed, but it was good exercise.