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For fun: Lowest REI membership number out there
#3196 03/24/10 03:46 PM
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My parents number was 90 something. Wonder where I got the outdoor bug?

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Go Bears #3197 03/24/10 04:00 PM
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04462536!

And we want proof on your parent's number.


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Go Bears #3198 03/24/10 04:05 PM
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Seven digits, and I'm out of the running by a couple million or so. But then again, REI didn't start opening stores on the east coast till relatively recently. Cabela's and Bass Pro were my primary outlets till REI became convemient here.

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Go Bears #3208 03/24/10 06:01 PM
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04323367. I think I became a member in 1997.

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Go Bears #3210 03/24/10 06:01 PM
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> My parents number was 90 something. Wonder where I got the outdoor bug?

Wow! Mine's 204026 -- easier to remember than a phone number. smile

Bought my first down filled mummy bag from REI ...back about '72. Used it again two weeks ago. ...of course that indicates I don't get out enough.

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Steve C #3212 03/24/10 06:06 PM
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Damn Steve, my sleeping bag in 1972 was green and had US on it and I was always cold.

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wbtravis #3214 03/24/10 06:15 PM
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> Damn Steve, my sleeping bag in 1972 was green and had US on it and I was always cold.

I was "2S" at that time, then got lucky in the lottery.

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Steve C #3215 03/24/10 06:34 PM
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#202766. When the Colorado Springs store opened several years ago they had a contest with a nice prize
for the person with the lowest number. I figured I was a cinch to win, but some"old" guy (I am 72) aced
me out and by quite a few hundred lower numbers. Actually a friend of mine who works at REI here also was
lower than I, but he was not eligible for the prize. He joined a few months earlier than I did back in 1961.

I too had a US green down surplus store sleeping bag, circa 1948 when I lst started hiking the John Muir Trail
at age 10. I carried it in one of those gosh awful heavy A frame metal packs, also from the surplus store.

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wagga #3217 03/24/10 06:46 PM
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I wish my father was still around to show you "proof". If he was still with us, he would be 94 years old. Actually, he is always with me. He was very proud of his card, especially every time we went into REI. They would always be amazed at his number, and call everyone over to see it.

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Steve C #3219 03/24/10 06:59 PM
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On the subject of REI, if you've not visited their flagship store in downtown Seattle, it's a must-see next time you're there. It's REI's version of a Cabela's or Bass Pro Shop, without all the hunting/boating/fishing inventory. Steve, you might even find all the stuff you need at that one.

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Bulldog34 #3221 03/24/10 07:12 PM
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My boy lives just a few miles away. Serious Jealousy!


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wagga #3224 03/24/10 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted By: wagga
My boy lives just a few miles away. Serious Jealousy!


Where?! Maybe he can get Steve what he needs!

And the jealously's probably not just for the REI-on-every-corner situation up there. For hiking, Seattle is fun-central. You can be above the clouds at Mt. Rainier in less than 2 hours, in the rainforests or snowy peaks of the Olympics in about the same time, and in the "American Alps" of the North Cascades in 3 hours. Not to mention the San Juans, Mt. Adams, Mt. St. Helens and on and on - all just a relatively short distance away from a large, thriving metro area. The coffee there isn't bad either.

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Bulldog34 #3226 03/24/10 10:44 PM
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I'm driving the family to Seattle for Spring Break, leaving this Sunday afternoon. I've been to their REI though. I hope to take my girls to Pikes Market and watch 'em throw fish. Maybe the Space Needle. Troll under the bridge, too. Maybe the original Starbucks since it's close to the fish place.

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Steve C #3227 03/25/10 05:44 AM
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I love that market! We've used a video at work called "The Fish", filmed at Pike Place, for years as a motivational tool. Amazing how people can have so much fun tossing fish around for a living. It was great to finally see it in person. Our daughter enjoyed the auto ferry trip across Puget Sound almost as much as anything else.

Have a great trip. Are you visiting any of the national parks while you're there?

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We're visiting friends and family in Seattle and on Whidbey Island.

Maybe we'll get up to Olympic National Park, or maybe out to the Hoh Rain forest area. We're definitely doing a San Juan Islands ferry loop out of Anacortes.

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Steve C #3232 03/25/10 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted By: Steve C
We're visiting friends and family in Seattle and on Whidbey Island.

Maybe we'll get up to Olympic National Park, or maybe out to the Hoh Rain forest area. We're definitely doing a San Juan Islands ferry loop out of Anacortes.

Don't forget to visit the Whidbey Portal Store. cool

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AlanK #3233 03/25/10 09:12 AM
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Haven't heard about the Whidbey Island Store. what is it?

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Steve C #3236 03/25/10 09:50 AM
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He gotcha, Steve, he gotcha!


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wagga #3237 03/25/10 09:52 AM
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As Swiper the Fox says:



Oh Maaaan!!!!   shocked




...Need...more...coffee!

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wagga #3240 03/25/10 11:16 AM
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Got mine from the Seattle store in the early 70's. #311565


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