A little Leap Day history lesson for you: Leap day, also known as leap year day, is an extra day added to the month of February in a leap year. February 29 is the 60th day of a leap year in the Gregorian calendar. It occurs every four years in years evenly divisible by four except for centenary years not divisible by 400.
A leap day is more likely to occur on Mondays or Wednesdays rather than other days because the Gregorian calendar repeats itself every 400 years. Therefore February 29 can occur 15 times on a Monday or Wednesday, 14 times on a Friday or Saturday and 13 times on a Sunday, Tuesday or Thursday.
Also, a tradition was introduced many centuries ago to allow women to propose to men during a leap year (maybe I'll get lucky)
So the rubber is about to hit the road soon... T minus 4 hours 30 minutes to be exact. We will be experiencing are 1st REI "garage sale" in St. Louis. At 10 a.m. tomorrow morning complete chaos will occur!
Many stories and pictures are on the way... "get your popcorn ready"
J.C.
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