Quote Originally Posted by corwin1968 View Post
It's just that I always hear about REI in the context of the activities (bicycling, Crossfit, Paleo diet) I read about and a great deal of this is centered in the Western third of the country so REI and Trader Joes automatically trigger "West Coast" in my brain. Just my perception based on being a life-long, land-locked Okie.
REI is based in Washington and the large majority of it's stores are in the Western U.S.

In California alone there are 28.