Very nice - I went through a "I'm going to pretend to be professional climber" period and bought a few Scarpas and La Sportivas back in the day (when I was single, of course - my wife would never approve!) I kept this pair, and I've been using the La Sportiva Wild Cats for the trail runners when my knees let me.

Yeah, it seemed to take forever this spring to get some rain, but it finally made it. Our allegeries have been bad over here too, but I'll take it over those negative wind chill days. It really is the best time of the year...funny how it took me to get in 40's to finally appreciate spring. I really am turning into an old man up here!