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I grew up in Winnipeg probably wearing the same style of moccasins....every kid on the prairies wore them. Grey leather lace up. No lining....just the leather. Then you'd get a felt liner that fit into them. Absolutely smooth bottoms...great for sliding. Not so good for climbing up the hill when tobogganing. But perfect for bumper-shining......hanging onto and getting towed by a car. Usually they didn't know you were there. Great fun.

OMG the world would collapse if kids did that today.

It's about 20F today....we've had 30 hours of on and off again freezing rain. Inch thick on my deck and steps but thankfully the consistency is such that not much is sticking to the trees.

Ted looks like your dog likes it.

Global Summer warming will be here before you can bat an eye....

24� tonight I might better get out the Mickey Mouse boots.

Just finished walking the dogs, 10 degrees out and 30 plus mph winds. Negative 15 last night. Starts to warm tomorrow.

You need to teach your dogs to use the indoor toilet.

I'd kill for a pair of size 14 wide Mickey Mouse boots in the earlier version without the air valve. The ones made by the sub-contractors Hood and Bristolite were the best because they weighed noticeably less than the other manufacturers. They must have used lighter materials or thinner rubber that still met government specs. I have a couple pairs of the newer version with the air valve, and while quite warm and good for stand hunting or ice fishing in sub-zero weather, they are too heavy for doing a lot of walking.

Remember the Mickey Mouse boot stories that you pumped air into the valves and that's what caused them to work so good.

After hearing this guy say he had never been duck hunting that his feet didn't freeze off I loaned him mine.
He was duck hunting on the Mississippi river out of a boat blind...he owned a 4 Wheel Drive accessories store after he got back he bought about a half semi tractor trailer load of the boots in various sizes.

In the late 1970s I had a pair of the Hoods marked USMC with no high altitude air valves I recall they had a slick rubber inside.

Myself I think the Bata Rubber Co. ones are the best.

One pair I purchased came with the military instructions pretty interesting read.

I live down South and I have two pair.
If I lived where Ted was I'd have 3 pair for myself two for the wife and one for the dog.

It was about 5 below zero when I got home from work today. My Son and I shoveled the snow that fell after we shoveled yesterday, maybe 2 inches or so. After that, I stepped into the house to warm up a bit, and slipped into warmer boots, and ran the dog. Stiff wind out of the northwest, always a bad thing in February, and I�m guessing, -25 to-30 windchill. It died down a bit at sunset, but, it was still unpleasant. No chance the boy, or, the wife were going to tag along.
We saw three deer, and no birds of any type. I feel for the squirrels in this weather, their fur is not all that warm.
The snow is about belly deep on the dog, and it is critical that a lightly furred Setter be able to run to stay warm. If she gets wet in this weather, she WILL get hypothermic. It is easy to see, her tail begins to droop, and she follows rather than leading.
If it wasn�t for her, I wouldn�t have walked today. I owe my dogs, big time, for keeping me moving.

Best,
Ted

Sounds familiar Ted. Gus doesn't like the cold, but he likes to go out with me and I with him. Cold here, not quite as bad 2F and lighter wind than yesterday.

The end result of a good run:



Best,
Ted