Smruti here. Of course, Dev, being Dev, didn't explain just how it was that we got our hands on our snazzy new Eagle Creek Ultimate Explorer Backpacks. We spent over two hours at REI trying on almost every single backpack. With wheels, with adjustable shoulder straps. adjustable waist bands. I have never felt so short-waisted as I did when I tried on some of the backpacks made for longer-torsoed folks. It was like looking into a fun house mirror.
We got really lucky with the guy helping us..he helped us pick 5 backpacks, then whittled it down to three. And then we tried on (and I mean, blucked, adjusted, strapped on) each backpack and paraded up and down the staircase with the backpacks filled with pillows and weights. I know it's probably what they do for everyone, but I felt special.
oh, and did I mention Dev basically grilled the first person we asked about the backpacks? Poor girl, she couldn't wait to get out of there and avoid the questions he was firing at her. She probably wondered why exactly she decided to come upstairs to backpack territory.-
Next up- trying to figure out what to pack!
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