Hiking Vermont section

[Slo-go'en]

p.s. one tip to clean muddy shoes is to wear them while fording the streams (safely - don't ford a stream you're not confident in your abilities in just to clean your shoes, of course ).

You should always wear shoes fording streams. You might want to take your socks off first though if it's deep.

[FarmerChef]

You should always wear shoes fording streams. You might want to take your socks off first though if it's deep.

Good point. You never know what's on the bottom of the riverbed. I was trout fishing and more than once caught a snag under the water that I just couldn't get undone. Knowing that I had a couple of hooks under the water made me sure to wear my shoes while wading. After all, I certainly wasn't the first to fish that section of the creek. Plus there's always the risk of metal cans or broken glass, etc.