Thanks both for the reply. I had a pair of karhus years ago as well. They were skinny track skis. I was wondering if they marketed bindings similar to the ones used by the military, which are general bindings (kinda like a pair of snowshoes). If I can find a decent pair of pin bindings, where the boots are wearable outside of the skis (my old karhus had sneaker-style shoes, low cut, not good for anything but skiing on a track), then I may look into those.
As far as snowshoes goes; I have a pair of MSR Denalis, I think they're called. Excellent snowshoes for my area. I put on the extra flotation tail. They work aweseome with any pair of boots I wear. I was looking for a pair of skis that would allow my to simply change from shoes to skis, and not have to change footwear as well. Thanks for both of your posts though. I havent x-country ski'd forever, and may give it a shot this winter. IF we get any snow.