While they do look interesting, call me a tenderfoot...never even wear sandals. Part of it is that I'm extremely pale and there's nothing quite as annoying as having sunburned feet.

I'm also one of those who wear the hiking boots constantly...with the wool socks summer and winter. Friend of mine that I meet once a year on the camping trip has his boots from twenty years ago and can't figure out why I have a new pair every year. It's because I wear the things out and if you've ever looked into getting them resoled, you know that it's usually cheaper to just buy a new pair at a discount than it is to fix up the old ones.

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AA