First Real Run in B2R Trail Shoes

Using the new B2R Trail Shoes:

I see these peaks out of my kitchen window:  (peak on the left index finger, smaller summit with a house on it, then the top of the Incline Trail.)

So I make it up to that First Peak: (looking down at my house)

Then I run to that house on the shorter peak.  Most of the time I feel like i'm following a trail, but I keep losing it.  I eventually end up on a driveway, I zig zag that dirt road for a while, finally just bound / bushwhack down a loose gravel/dirt hill, run on a paved road until I find another dirt trail!  Then I head to a geometrical shape I see on a neighboring peak.  Looks like a pill box or something.  Along the way I find a lantern, seems old.  The 'pill box' turns out to be a torn down house's foundation.  And after visiting it, I see it's the 'end' of the red mountain trail.

The shoes did GREAT.  I have not taken them through water crossings yet.  but the way the dust sifts through, you can tell they will drain quickly (and therefore dry quickly).

I did have to stop a couple times to pull out cactus needles from my foot.

Good Holiday Shopping Idea (price is right)

I thought this was pretty cool - Plasticized socks, Prevent cold feet but stay in touch with the floors in winter.  I have seen various blog posts of people buying plasticsizing material and dipping handle of hand tools and their socks in it.  It's a mess and has so-so results.  These are done through a real process and for $16, seems worth it.  


Made by Soft Star, they hand make some cool minimalistic shoes (like the Moc3)


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