I'm getting paid for this?

Twice a year, the management team from REI Tualatin goes on an outing. Sometimes it's a bike ride or kayaking or just out for dinner, but sometimes, it's snowshoeing. Sometimes, it's snowshoeing on a bluebird Mt. Hood day after 8 inches of fresh powder have fallen.

Since I'm not technically management, but still considered an important and integral part of the REI team, I get to go! Oh yeah, and I get paid for it.

Mt. Hood peaking out behind the morning fog.The managers trekking across a meadow. With all the backpacks, GPSs, black clothing and sunglasses, it looked like we were headed out on a covert special ops mission into the woods.