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| - This is the better of the two local outdoor/outfitter stores in town. They carry a good selection of clothing and coats, a good selection of high-end hiking boots, a decent selection of sleeping bags, a few tents, and an excellent selection of knives and the little gadgety crap for camping. Its not REI, so they dont have a lot of everything you can think of, however they cover all the bases. Prices are much more reasonable here than Wild Country and the quality is obviously much higher than a place like Dicks or a big box.
In the back is their Army-Surplus store. This is always worth checking out on a visit, because 1) its really creepy-cool to paw through old grenade containers and and see what sort of casual and semi-formal options are available for concealing firearms in your shirt, and 2) there are some really good deals on stuff in the back. For example, they often have simple but really warm wool hats for $5 or so, and have Navy Peacoats, canoeing hats and paddles, and other random stuff for extremely reasonable prices. The best I have found were retro (but brand new) shoulder bags for $15 each.
They also have pretty regular sales that they advertise if you get on their email list. These sales are in the spring and fall and the discounts are DEEP, player. I have scored multiple technical fleeces for $20-40 and a Columbia winter jacket for $50, and several very nice sweaters for $20 each. The sale is a great place to get gloves/mittens/hats, too.
My only complaint is what they don't have: a very good library re: local options to hike/canoe/etc. or an electronic kiosk or something along those lines. I had a bunch of questions about local places to go and they weren't able to give me much help. The employees wanted to help, but just didn't have the info at their fingertips. You can get some ideas from the folks on Campus or the Internet- check out The Corn Desert Hiking and Adventure Group on Meetup.com.
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