text: A random Saturday what better way that to spend it driving aimlessly and going into whatever seems the most appealing Well after hitting up the Target and various stores down the street a friend and I decided to see the Mermaids at the Silverton My friend decided we should cut through Bass Pro Shops in order to get to the main attraction However we ended up spending an hour in this store the Mermaid was disappointing so this was our main attractionnnDisneyland meets the wilderness the only way I know how to describe this store I was like a sugarhigh child roaming the store all of the taxidermy scenes the adorably kitschy products Not going to lie I felt as though I pulled up to the parking lot in a Prius I was feeling a bit out of place when I saw numerous trucks in the lot as well as the wall showcasing elk moose and various animal heads However in exploring the store I asked myself so many times How could I not love this storennThe first level is mainly comprised of fishing gear various childrens items adorably packaged food products as well as a shooting range game Needless to say my friend and I explore this bottom floor like we were five years old There are also some aquatic displays of indigenous Nevada fish the coolest of which was a waterfallpond set up with enormous fish inhabiting it The second level was primarily hunting gear from archery to the camouflage suits Really only things to entertain the most diehard of the outdoorsy nnEven for a girl who loves her liberal notions something about Bass Pro Shops riles up the inner childhunter in me It could be the hilarious taxidermy setups of dinner time with lions preying on anything from moose to coyotetype animals which I was confused by feeling as though they were combining two different continents in one display or the kitschy products that speak to my imaginary outdoorsy side Outdoor World was a million times better than what we actually went to the Silverton for