| Even though I live in sunny, hot-as-Hades Florida, I still | | | | realize that when I changed into my gear it was |
| love playing ice hockey. I've been playing since fourth | | | | really wet; and really starting to emit a nasty odor. |
| grade, was captain of my high school team, and still | | | | At first I thought, it just didn't having enough time to |
| play in some adult leagues today. It's a great work | | | | dry, but then something struck me. It rains everyday |
| out and it helps me blow off steam after a long day | | | | while I'm at work-but only for ten minutes. By the |
| at the office. If you play hockey you know how | | | | time I leave work, I never would have known it was |
| funky your gear can get. By the time I'm done with | | | | raining and the roads are dry again. So sure enough, |
| a game, my pads are drenched in sweat. So after | | | | my pads were dry from the night before, but they |
| my games, I would throw my gear in the back of | | | | would sit in the rain and absorb all the rain water. |
| my pick up; an 05' Silverado. The truck bed is great | | | | Finally, the mystery was solved. I have noticed that |
| for storing all my gear. It fits anything from sticks to | | | | some trucks have covers over their beds, but I liked |
| pads to goals. Now here comes my dilemma. I live | | | | having full access to my bed. So I did a little |
| twenty minutes from work and the rink is 15 minutes | | | | searching and found a folding cover. This way I can |
| from there in the other direction, which is why I go | | | | easily unfold the cover in the afternoon, providing |
| straight to the ice house from work. Sometimes I | | | | protection, and have full access to the bed, by |
| play a series of games, a few days in a row, so I | | | | merely folding back the cover. And the cover is |
| end up keeping my gear in my truck. I started to | | | | waterproof, so no more damp gear for me. |