Farewell Old Friends

I bought these boots for Archaeology field school in 1996. They were half price because they were last year's model.
I walked all over Provo in them with Christian in a backpack, to break them in.
I hiked 12-15 miles a day for 6 weeks in Capitol Reef National Park, doing Archaeological survey.
I wore them to the pit house site we excavated in Goshen, UT.
I have hiked in Arches National park, many times in them.
I went Repelling in them twice.
I have hiked them all over Arizona:
* Lava Tube in Flagstaff
* Lost Dutchman state park
* South Mountain
*Superstition Mountains
*White Tank Mountains
They came with me to YW Girls camp at LoMia, Havasupai, and Blue Ridge Reservoir.
I wore them to cub scout day camp.
I even wore them with my pioneer dress, pulling a hand cart, on a reenactment trek.

I was sad to see them go.  Who knew that I the girl who is infamous in some circles as "the kind of person who throws things away :(", that I would feel the need to take a photo before throwing a pair of boots away.

I went to replace them and found a new pair which happened to be half price because they are last year's color.  I could not overlook the auspiciousness of the event and am looking forward to many miles in my new boots.