Note: For Context – View Here.
This very well may be the earliest Chacos Day ever.
We’ve freak weather year this year. Winter didn’t happen. Skipped us entirely. Not a snow day taken (and I expect our students to be all the smarter for it). Summer came at the start of March, with daffodils pushing up at the beginning of February. I had to mow the yard March 20th. And today it was 85 degrees according the car.
Crazy. Makes me look over the shoulder to wonder what kind of summer this will be. I hope it’s not dry and dusty in June.
I missed a Chacos Day entry for 2011 and that, frankly, wasn’t right. I can’t remember the date when I dug them out of the closet, blew off the dust bunnies, and strapped them to my feet (the arches feeling so very delightful). They got mild wear and tear last summer – their soles mostly on Michigan beach sand and the YMCA down the road.
This year will be different. Be noted: March 21st was Chacos Day. They will travel far this year. In two weeks they head back to Texas (their hometown), with a good and purposeful trip to the hill country (may even dip in the Guadalupe River). Summer they’ll be in Tennessee, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, possibly Canada, and the ever beautiful UP of Michigan (love her so).
They turn 12 this year and if that isn’t a testament to a spectacular product, I don’t know what is. I might finally pick up a new pair at REI. We’ll see. The canvas straps are finally starting to rip.
But I bet I can get another summer out of them.
Happy Chacos Day. Summer is coming.