Keeping your feet dry

In snow it is essential that you wear gaiters to keep your feet dry while out geocaching. This is true whether you are hiking or snowshoeing as the gaiters will stop snow from getting into your boots. The gaiters will also help to keep the bottom or your pants dry in deep snow. They are probably available at most good sporting goods stores. We bought ours last year at Eastern Mountain Sports when we purchased our snowshoes.

And now for a real tip. I always thought Barb was crazy, but have given in to her eccentric idea and now call it genius. I learned this while at an geocaching event a few months ago. It was raining and my feet were soaked. I had a spare pair of socks, but was stuck with wet boots. Barb smiled and said "why don't you try my plastic bag trick"? So I took off my boots and socks, put on the dry socks and then gave in and put plastic bags over my socks before putting on my wet boots. I was shocked, but my feet were dry despite the wet boots for the rest of the day. Now I always put plastic bags over my socks before putting on boots if there is any chance my feet will get wet. We use the plastic bags from grocery stores. They keep your feet dry and we are helping the environment by keeping them out of landfills.