...Hey, the new REI opens soon....
This churns up an interesting recent thought sequence.
I was in the Cottonwood Lakes area this weekend, and hiked along with a small group for a few minutes. One fellow, noting my INF outfit, asked about what kinds of trouble people got into--and whether there seemed to be more of it now than in the past. When I offered "More," he inquired as to why that might be. That gave me a chance to ponder a question I had not considered before.
Catch me on the trail, and I'll give you my take on it.