03-28-2005, 04:05 PM
Took a trip to So Cal last week to do the Disneyland thing with my family. Too crowded and too far to drive but the kids sure loved it. The highlight of the trip for me was on the way back home I noticed that Bass Pro Shops had opened an Outdoor World on the South edge of Vegas. I just had to stop, even with my wife's upturned eyebrows when I suggested it. It was worth it. The guy that greeted us at the door said "Welcome to hillbilly heaven!" Talk about cool. It made sportsman's warehouse look like a mini-shop. It had the full line of tracker boats, inside the building. Fishing, hunting, camping, boating, clothes, shoes...hillbilly heaven. The number of mounts was incredible. They had a full size mounted giraffe and a whole pride of lions. When you walked in the door there are two bull elk fighting, one on it's back. Then there are the fish tanks, a fresh water one with largemouth, smallmouth, blue cats, channels and a huge flathead, crappie, bluegill, carp and so on. A smaller tank with some big rainbows and browns and then a saltwater tank with rays and everything. There is a climbing wall and a shooting gallery. They even have an indoor gun range to try out your new purchases. After an hour my wife was giving me the look, although even she said she was impressed. Can't wait for Cabela's to open. If it is anything like the Outdoor World, it will probably be a day long excursion.
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