I hate rain pants. I thought about a pair of those awesome Gore rain shorts, but wasn't willing to spend the coin for something I'll only wear a few times a year. (If I lived in the PNW, it would be a different story!) Instead, I took my cheap Performance rain pants and hemmed them into knee-lenth rain shorts.

They're not stylish and they still rustle, but the price was right and it only took me about 30 minutes to do.