This is where we started and ended our snowshoe outing. And just to make the sign happy, I'll do it again soon.
Here's the knife I bought and kept hidden in my jacket. Not too impressive or intimidating but it did make me feel better.
This photo gives you some perspective on the knife's actual size.
A funny side story about this knife: when I picked it out at Mountains Market, I couldn't figure out how to close it so I had to carry it to the register open, like in the pic. In one hand I carried a diet coke to buy and in the other, an open knife. It felt very bizarre and the look I got from the cashier was bizarre, too.