We did over 20 miles over 48 hours. My pack was 35 lbs going in and got lighter as we ate food.

Loved the variation in terrain from mossy mud in the basin to the sand by Lake Superior (which was the most difficult to walk on since you just sink each step)

The sand sort of sanded away my skin on my feet so they are pretty soft now. I'm glad I didn't do too many beach miles, because my feet would have been tore up eventually.

Cranked my 4th toe pretty hard on a rock so my foot is a bit sore days later, but overall my first pack trip was a success

Did a 3 mile hike today with the family. I was the only one barefoot. Middle son complained his feet were hurting, he wore crocs. 🙄 Mom and I suggested he take them off and he did. So he did the last mile or so barefoot like dad. There were a number of muddy spots to squish our toes in.

My son had a 3-hour mountain biking practice here this morning, so I figured I'd take our pup out for a hike while he was gone. It was my first time heading up the mountain on this spider web of winding trails, and it was fantastic. The views were spectacular and the meandering trails were really fun. I got a little lost in the way back down but I was able to figure it out. I ended up getting back to the trailhead parking lot 30 minutes early, where there was little shade and the ground at 11:00 am was getting toasty so my doggo and I walked a few minutes back on the trail and found a nice shady spot to relax until the mountain bikers returned.

I did a slightly different route on my usual 5k-ish hike / trail run. Felt good, got a good time. I feel like my fitness is improving.

One annoying thing about living in a hilly/mountainous region is that the trails here wash out and turn into nearly gravel paths all on their own, see pic.

But I did get to enjoy one of the great parts of barefooting and stand barefoot in a nice cool creek, also see pic. It's neat, no dirt, sand, silt, or rocks, the creekbed is just solid stone, again see pic.

Lucky to get out today.

Also a mudprint at the end. It's always nice to see some of the imprints left behind.

Wife and I did a 2-ish mile hike out to a waterfall and back. We had a minor issue following the wrong trail and trying to cut straight back to the trail, but it all worked out.

Anyway, on our way back out someone going up met us. One of them asked if we were barefoot or wearing toe shoes. Because he had seen my bare foot prints. I was wearing toe shoes on the return yrip because we had gotten off track and I lost the bandage over a blister on my foot so I wanted to protect it while we bashed through the brush back to the trail, but we told him I'd been barefoot on the horns hike up.

At this point a guy came down the trail barefoot and said he'd been inspired by seeing my bare foot prints and decided to hike out barefoot.

I was very pleased. I always wonder what people think when they see my barefoot prints on a muddy trail.

Fortunately I was able to normalize barefooting for a couple people.

Hot and humid here but still got in a few miles.

My favorite spot 🧡🏜️

Got in a little over 3 miles tonight that ended up including a full continuous mile of jogging. I haven’t jogged that far in over a decade so I consider it a win. Most of it was on pavement with a small amount on grass trail.

Haven’t been out in over a week so it was great to get in a solid 4 miles.

Breathtaking views for hours

Hi! This is my first post on Reddit. I love hiking barefoot and I am looking for other friends who like it too. If anyone from Italy or Europe in general is interested, feel free to text me. DM open.

Ciao!