{"id":56,"date":"2013-10-05T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radcopter.com\/brianandmarisa\/worldtrip\/?p=56"},"modified":"2023-08-20T00:52:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T00:52:27","slug":"gear-post-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/texandtia.com\/worldtrip\/index.php\/2013\/10\/05\/gear-post-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Gear post: Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that we&#8217;ve gotten some of the travelogue out of the way, here&#8217;s some discussion on our gear to keep you until the next installment. One of the most important things for us was deciding which shoes to bring. We read a lot about the different types, ranging from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/product\/693828\/asolo-tps-520-gv-hiking-boots-mens\">hardcore hiking boots<\/a> to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/product\/844994\/brooks-cascadia-8-trail-running-shoes-mens\">lightweight running shoes<\/a>. Well, based on the pictures below, you can probably guess which ones we went for. I decided to get the New Balance Minimus shoes and Marisa went for the Keen Havens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/texandtia.com\/worldtrip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/shoe-pic-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-58 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/texandtia.com\/worldtrip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/shoe-pic-1-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"brian's shoe\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/texandtia.com\/worldtrip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC_0013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-70 size-medium\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/texandtia.com\/worldtrip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC_0013-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"marisa's shoe\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After trying on probably more than a dozen pairs of shoes, from hiking boots on down, these were the most comfortable ones for each of us. Not much ankle support, it&#8217;s true, but we decided to go with comfort over everything else. If you&#8217;re going to wear something for 8 months, you want it to feel like a second skin.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re also going to keep track of how well these shoes last over our trip. Here are pictures of record of the soles of our shoes. I&#8217;ll post a couple pics in a month or so to see how they&#8217;re doing. You can see that mine are already showing signs of wear. I&#8217;m a little nervous about it, but a nice man dressed as a pilot on a recent flight to Seattle said he had a pair for a year now and they were still in good shape.They&#8217;ve held up really well so far and I barely even notice that I&#8217;m wearing them.\u00a0\u00a0So I&#8217;m hopeful!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/texandtia.com\/worldtrip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/shoe-pic-2-Edited.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-57 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/texandtia.com\/worldtrip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/shoe-pic-2-Edited-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"brian's sole\" width=\"604\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/texandtia.com\/worldtrip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC_0014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-71 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/texandtia.com\/worldtrip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/DSC_0014-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"marisa's sole\" width=\"604\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that we&#8217;ve gotten some of the travelogue out of the way, here&#8217;s some discussion on our gear to keep you until the next installment. One of the most important things for us was deciding which shoes to bring. We read a lot about the different types, ranging from hardcore hiking boots to\u00a0lightweight running shoes. 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