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Thanks Kiwakwe. Vasque Sundowners were the quintessential all-leather boot that had a devoted following. Great boot that I believe is now made in China. Need I say more. I did a 180-mile round trip to go to an outdoor gear store specifically to try on the Tofane. It was exactly what I was looking for. It's an exquisitely-made, Norwegian-welted boot. Sadly, it just didn't fit me correctly. When I left the store, and had to make the long trip back home, I knew how Napoleon felt trudging home from Moscow. The Schnee boot similar to the Tofane is the Absaroka except that it is a glued rather than stitched. I'll be getting the Divide Mid which is the Absaroka with a slightly more flexible sole. So many boots and so little time!

I'd love to hear or read that account of seeing one while on a train, never heard of that before. I know I saw a bear cover 50 feet like it was nothing going after a hunter that stumble into him. The hunter first shot didn't stop him and his second the bear was within 10 feet when it fell.

I think I found my ugly Christmas sweater! https://www.gearliberty.com/products/bigfoot-ugly-sweatshirt-for-bigfoot-lovers-on-christmas-time-0095-t5vth0078?fbclid=IwAR20mXn17tK6uORM81CTuMFkQBfdyh50VUUs4Hu5pJ-QnocHpHviQ9Q78do

Love it, it's great....BUT.....I don't like the mask. When we're thankfully looking back on 2020, the mask will represent the things I despise most about the issues at hand.

From 1955 to the late 1960s there were very few major fires in Oregon. The forests were logged and managed. Then the environmental (?) activists started stopping logging which has resulted in no thinning and very little logging. Clear cuts may be ugly but they make excellent fire breaks, to slow and control fires. One of the fires that is over 120,000 acres right now was spotted on the 8th of August and allowed to burn for weeks staying under 15 acres for much of that time. When it got to 150 acres they started trying to contain it. But the winds hit and it blew up in the last few days. You want to guess why it was allowed to burn so long? So the state could continue to get federal fire fighting money. Think of the money in 120,000 acres of timber that have been lost. Idiocy in government on display. .