{"id":15526,"date":"2019-12-04T08:42:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T13:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=15526"},"modified":"2021-08-26T09:24:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T13:24:28","slug":"black-friday-cyber-monday-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=15526","title":{"rendered":"Black Friday\/Cyber Monday Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Utah95-300x224.jpg?resize=300%2C224\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Utah95.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Utah95.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Utah95.jpg?resize=768%2C572&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Utah95.jpg?resize=403%2C300&amp;ssl=1 403w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Utah95.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>This time of year in the United States, we are bombarded with offers of sales on everything imaginable, including boots.  Breathless boot ads with offers of 10%, 20%, 25%, or even more fill my email in-box. I often receive multiple emails from the same vendor during this four-day period.<\/p>\n<p>So what did I buy?  Another pair of boots?<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nWell, I was doing well holding off until Tecovas said that they were going to discontinue a color of lizard boots that I had my eye on.  Bingo!  Grabbed &#8217;em before they were no more.  I will post about them later after I receive them, take photos, and post a page <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/cowboy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on my website<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>I really do like Tecovas boots for their comfort, style, clean lines, great construction, and affordability.  The only thing that I don&#8217;t like about them is that these boots are silent. No traditional &#8220;boot clunk&#8221; can be heard while walking, even on wood floors.  When I wear them, they are unnoticeable by sound.  Style &#8212; great.  Sound &#8212; no.  An old traditionalist boot guy like me misses that.<\/p>\n<p>The only other purchase I made during this time was a frequent flyer airline ticket to Las Vegas. <\/p>\n<p>Why there?  Long-time readers of this blog know that I detest that town for the crowds, bad smell, expensive meals (not cheap any more), gambling, and its general nature.  <\/p>\n<p>However, Las Vegas will be the start of <em>Crazy-Awesome Adventure II<\/em> or alternately, &#8220;Awesome UTAZCO Adventure.&#8221;  (UT = Utah; AZ = Arizona; CO = Colorado).  <\/p>\n<p>My buddy &#8220;S&#8221; and I will pick up Harleys from a rental location in Las Vegas for a week in June and ride on roads on which we have not ridden during the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bootedman.com\/utah\/utahvideos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first Crazy-Awesome Harley Adventure<\/a> we had in July, 2017.  &#8220;S&#8221; and I coordinated our arrival and return times this week by phone, so we each acquired our respective airline tickets.<\/p>\n<p>This next ride will take us <a href=\"http:\/\/bootedman.com\/utah\/TheWholeRoute2labeled.jpg\">across southern Utah, Northern Arizona, into Western Colorado, then loop north back into Utah and west back to Las Vegas<\/a>.  It will be more of what&#8217;s shown below &#8212; fantastic scenic roads to ride:<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MonumentValleyRoad.jpg?resize=584%2C388\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"388\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MonumentValleyRoad.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MonumentValleyRoad.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MonumentValleyRoad.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MonumentValleyRoad.jpg?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MonumentValleyRoad.jpg?resize=452%2C300&amp;ssl=1 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>Life is short: plan for bucket-list adventures!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This time of year in the United States, we are bombarded with offers of sales on everything imaginable, including boots. 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