Cabela

So Cabela's is a sporting goods store. We went there today ... it's in Lacey (just north of Olympia ... 1/2 hour south of Tacoma) It was really huge, and in the middle of the store was an extremely large mountain covered in taxidermied animals. Mountain lions, bears, deer, elk, skunks, rams, prairie dogs ... a whole town of them, polar bear, seal, and others I cannot name because there were too many. (Linzi especially liked the fisher) They were standing all around with signs naming them, and the cold mountain animals were standing in snow, and the wolves were standing near a fallen deer with snarling faces, the polar bear was standing tall with it's paws and sharp claws out and a horrible look on it's face .... the girls LOVED it. Under the "mountain" was an aquarium "cave" with fish. Now this is all INSIDE this store. It was very interesting. Upstairs near the gun gallery (I'm smiling a sarcastic happy smile right now) was the safari taxidermied animals: zebra, elephant, lion, cheetah, rhino, baboon, and others .... There was also a restaurant, fudge factory (really good I might add!), clothes, shoes, tents, archery equipment, taxidermied geese hanging from the ceiling flying in a "V" formation ... (another smile) ... it was quite the place! The girls, luckily, didn't realize the guns and bows and other things were there, they were captivated by the carcasses.

(the fudge was REALLY good, and they sell pretzels that are so good too .... Matt took us there to buy me a Mother's Day gift. No, not a gun or fishing pole .... he bought me a light weight spring Northface coat! Nice hubby)