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Essential Overland Gear: Camp shoes
After a long day of hiking or driving, your feet deserve a rest. But going barefoot around the campsite is a bad idea unless you’re tough enough to endure a goathead in the heel or a rock under your pinky.
What to do?
Be sure you have a set of camp shoes in the rig.
Sometimes water shoes work, but flip-flops have always left me wanting something more. Dollar Tree flip-flops are better than leaving your toes cramped in hiking boots.
A nice pair of slip-ons like these Denali Aleutians from Big 5 do it for me. With coupons that appear in the Albuquerque Journal, I have never paid more than $20. Slip-ons also mush up well to stick under a seat for easy access without climbing in and out of your rig.
Other folks might prefer more stylish footwear, but easy-on, easy-off is great at camp. And if you do have shoelaces, be sure to lace up so you don’t trip on a log and end up face first in the fire ring.
