Shoe Challenge #130

These are possibly the most elegant, classy and dainty shoes I own! Hah. I almost didn't include these because I didn't include my running shoes (Nike Cross-Atheletics in case you wondered) but these are a little bit special and more than sneakers and I wore them yesterday soooo here they are!

Super sexy, right? These are Oboz hiking boots from REI. On a side note, how awesome is REI? I love that place. Anyway, after doing too many hikes in sneakers it just got ridiculous and I felt sure that my luck of not slipping was probably running out, especially since we were about to embark on a hike in January where ice would surely be (and was) a factor. So I picked up some hiking boots which are a good investment as we go hiking a fair bit.
Any excuse to get out of the city!

They cover my ankles (as good hiking boots should) and are water proof. They also didn't require any breaking in which made me loooove them. They also aren't as ugly as a lot of the hiking boots in the store so I have an affection for their bulky charm.
We headed up to Bear Mountain and did a moderate hike (about 8 miles, going up about 1500ft or thereabouts) which included part of the Appalachian Trail which was quite cool. We had to race against the sun towards the end but got back to the park lot in the nick of time!
I had to share one of the lovely photos I took, some of the views were gorgeous and we saw so many wild deer (who had fabulous fluffy tails) that came quite close.