Outdoor World...Found Indoors

Devin's Doozie

After not even being able to get near the place last week, we decided to give Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World another try.

Sure enough, the crowd was much smaller and we were able to get in and out of the massive tribute to all things outdoor with ease.

We went there because we knew that Devin would love it. It has everything a little boy could wish for: NASCAR, camping, fishing, hiking, boating, hunting and ATVs. There's even archery!

And the place is so much more than retail. There's a huge, two-story waterfall that cascades into a pond stocked with fish and a river that runs throughout the store. There are tons of taxidermied animals (including a lion attacking a zebra...try explaining that to a little boy who idolizes the animal characters of the movie "Madagascar) and even a place to purchase some freshy made fudge.

Chocolate? Who? Me? Well...if you insist.

Animals and wildlife are represented throughout the building and in one of the display cases was the skin of a tiger (I'm not sure if it was real or not -- I'd really rather not know).

Devin happened across this skin and said, "Oh Daddy...how sad! Someone squished a tiger!"

Needless to say, it was a fun time and, thankfully, we got out of there only spending $10 on some over-priced (although very yummy) fudge.

Have a great weekend!