warm weather walking shoes

[Veronica]

For me, a water shoe ( for rafting) has to support my feet when I'm carry gear (rigging boats, making or breaking camp), hiking on rough terrain (scouting, short hikes) and walking in water, wet sand, dry sand, rocks. Most people just wear sandals or Keens. My feet get rubbed very raw by the sand and the only thing I've found that sort of works is to wear bike socks with any of the above, which is a trick I got from a Grand Canyon guide. They do make some water shoes with a neoprene cuff- maybe those would keep sand out.

Anyway back to hikers. I've got some ideas now and am heading to the "walk" store.

I also wore those Merrell pace shoes while rafting Hell's Canyon. I liked them because I did not get sand in them on the beach and could hike up here. It was a single track trail, marginally maintained. They have good traction.





And I could play horseshoes!

Have fun shopping!

Veronica

[OakLeaf]

Depends on how fine the sand is. Sand in east central Florida will go right through running shoes and VFFs ... even if I'm not on the beach, just running on grassy margins I'll come back with my shoes full of sand. It never comes out of anything. Yuk.