kevonionia, it was the fly creek UL3. I was agonizing, obsessing?, over a selection of a 1.5 to 2 man for me and my dog when it occurred to me that REI has the fly creek UL2 and that would do fine. Too late! All sold out and couldn't even back order! I REALLY needed to get Patty back into the swing of things and getting a reasonable weight 2.5 man would be a key buy. So I blew my REI bonus on the UL3. What can I say, Patty needs that double wall construction.

OM will probably be glad to hear that this experience also made up my mind to pick up a 2 man Tarptent after I make a little more spending cash.

I need to select an internal frame pack for the Dolomites. So I will not be spending much for a while after these purchases and the Ice breaker shirts (which are sweet btw!).