Jeff Schmerker
Chicks dig it
On any random Saturday, you can find folks in here buying paint, trying on hats, or buying chicks to raise. I, however, was hunting leather gloves -- on sale, or so I had read. But this place is big, it was early enough that staff must have still been drinking coffee, and so I wandered a bit. Saddles and tack? No. Glue and paint brushes? No. Jeans and boots? Interesting, but no. Aha -- finally, a wall of gloves. Work and ranch gloves might seem like the domain of the garden and construction site, but most local backcountry skiers own a pair or three since they are durable, often warm, and always cheap.
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