The common thread, if you search with due diligence that is what you will find, the common thread.

 Sure, the checked pattern that makes up each of our individual lives is undoubtedly unique and we all take great care to put details in the fabric that will define our lives, but if we step back and see things from a proper distance the perfect plaid is exposed.

A plaid that outfits a nation full of good hearted, simple people, people who work harder and play harder.

The Get Out More Team is currently visiting the 21^st state of the 2010 Tour and everywhere we visit we can’t help but to feel that common thread.  The common thread that links the people who make their homes in the North Georgia Mountains with the people on the Coast of Connecticut with the people of the Great Plains of Kansas with the people of Albany New York.  The thread that, whether it’s laid horizontally or vertically, creates a pattern allowing us to recognize that this country is designed with diversity rooted in simplicity, a simplicity that graces us in its beauty with every rising sun, with each falling tide,  at each meander, in every river and high above all mountain peaks.

The common thread is the natural beauty found in this amazing country we can all proudly call home.

We have had the amazing opportunity to talk with thousands of men and women during our twenty-one state run and we know that whether it is in Nebraska or New York people everywhere are searching for and finding a connection with the outdoors. 

 The freedom of self-sufficiency has never held a greater value.  The perspective that this land truly is our land, knowing that no matter what the economy decides to do, the value of reaching that elusive summit or watching the sun melt into its own reflection on that quiet lake or falling to sleep at night under a blanket of countless stars, will forever and always be quite simply, priceless. 

So please consider this a thank you.  A thank you to each and everyone we have had the unique pleasure of meeting on the 2010 Tour, a thank you for recognizing the value that the outdoors can offer your lives and thank you for adding your details to the fabric that we are proudly able to perceive as the perfect plaid.

See You Outside,

Sheri and Randy Propster

If you want to wear the perfect plaid on your next outdoor adventure its got to be Woolrich.

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