I wish I lived closer to an REI store--I'm almost two hours away from the nearest one. On the other hand, maybe that's a "good thing," at least for my wallet. I did do a little shopping on the website on Friday, but it was painnnnffful. The site was slow, and then crashed completely for at least an hour. Fortunately when they got it working again, my shopping cart was intact. Didn't get much, just 3 pairs of Outdoor Research winter gloves for great prices.