Taking A Walk

by Dwayne Phillips

The Shoes I Wore for a Thousand Miles

I did wear shoes while walking. I only wore two pair of shoes. The first just didn’t work for me. They were a pair of New Balance walking shoes. These are great shoes for walking around town up to ten miles a day. They didn’t, however, work out on Route 11. They weren’t solid enough for me when walking on the rough, uneven shoulders.

The shoes I wore for about a thousand miles are pictured here. I bought them at a local sporting goods store early in the walk. They are from Merrell. Vibram soles, Gore-Tex lining, and so on. I didn’t feel the bumps and bruises of the shoulder; my feet stayed dry walking in wet grass and in the rain. No complaints and a lot of compliments.

The precise model is the Merrell Moab Mid Gore-Tex XCR. I don’t understand all that, but there you have it.