No Boots ???

I know it’s an ugly photo, but it was impossible to completely hide my disappointment, frustration, and anger at discovering I had left my hiking boots at home. My only option was to hike in, well I’m embarrassed to say,-----my slippers. This was another of my trail surveying trips, this one to the Parker Falls Trail. I discovered my mistake at Cottage Grove and then spent the next 29 miles fuming at my situation. Arriving at the trailhead, it was not only raining, but I noticed snow was mixed in with the rain----Grrrrrr. I put on my rain hat, raincoat, and rain pants, and padded off in my slippers, sans vibram soled, Gor-tex lined, ankle-supporting boots. But at the end of the day, my lungs filled with cold fresh air, my heart pumping blood to all my muscles, my system seem purged of all poison toxins and I felt close to normal again. The worst? My toes are a little tender today.