western saddle, cowboy bootsGrowing up in a rural area of the Pacific Northwest, I quickly learned how important it can be to own products that can take abuse. Our home was surrounded by forest. It wasn’t uncommon to enter the woods by noon and not come out until the sun set. We built forts, created paths with buck knives, climbed trees, played capture the flag and sometimes spied on my friend’s mom who normally was out in the horse pasture with cowboy boots and a western saddle riding their horse. Back then I basically lived the first half of the day outdoors getting dirty, coming back with bruises as big as my smile. One of the largest things I miss about growing up, now working from a computer in a vibrant city center is much of my week is spent indoors.

It is so refreshing to get outside on a beautiful day. Yesterday was one of those days over here in Southern California. The temperatures hit the mid 80s and everywhere you looked from apartment complex pools to outdoor restaurant patios people were out and about enjoying the sunshine. Over the weekend, I met up with some friends down at the beach for a volleyball game. I was not brave enough to jump in the ocean like some of the other people.

The first thing I did before serving the volleyball was empty my pockets. That included unstrapping the metal band of my watch and hiding my cell phone underneath a shirt on the sand so it wouldn’t get destroyed under the hot sun rays. I had 90 minutes on the meter where my car was parked and from what I was told parking enforcement was very strict on blinking red meters. I just had to remember to get back there before the time expired. We started playing an intense volleyball game and without a watch, I lost track of time. This was a moment where something like the G-Shock Atomic Solar Watch. Model - GW500A-1V I found within Jewelry Tack Room at http://www.jewelrytackroom.com/ would have really come in handy. It has been all the way back since I was a kid running around the forest with hunting knives that I had a watch like the one shown above. Durability is what it is all about. For those who mount western saddles, wear cowboy boots, sharpen hunting knives or just have an active lifestyle such a watch could really be a nice online buy.