Keeping your feet dry

[PaleoRob]

Anyone have any ideas beyond plastic baggies inside the boots for keeping your feet dry on an extended period creek-bottom hike. Water is supposed to be ankle deep, and while I've got supposedly water-proof boots, my wife and our friend do not, so they are looking for cheap options. Also is there a backpacking "boot dryer" that runs off small propane cans or anything similar? They're worried about waking up in the morning to cold wet boots after our creek experience.

[fairweather8588]

As for drying them overnight, just put some dispoable handwarmers in you boots and push the tongue of the boot down, that should dry them up before sunrise

[PaleoRob]

As for drying them overnight, just put some dispoable handwarmers in you boots and push the tongue of the boot down, that should dry them up before sunrise

Sweet tip. Thanks!

[nonot]

Synthetic socks and old tennis shoes. You feet will get wet, but you shouldn't get blisters.

Bring a pair of dry socks to change into after the hike is done.

[SuperstitionGuy]

To dry wet boots in the field fill a cooking pot with dry sand and heat it up on a stove or fire. Pour the sand into your boots and let them sit all night. Poor out the sand in the morning and magic - dry boots!

And whatever you do be careful with your boots around any kind of FIRE!

I know!

Read my post under Gear>Shelter, Bags & Camp>My First Hammock> dated February 19, 2008.