KC do you just swap to crocs for major stream crossings then? I do most of my hiking and a lot of my hunting in trail runners with no ill effects mostly cause if I was wearing my GTX boots they'd be over the boot tops so often from lots of miles in wet swamps and/or creek crossings and such. Just wondering how you avoid getting your feet wet when coming across terrain such as this. Many years ago I just gave up on dry feet and now just hike in wet trail runners and save some dry socks in the tent at night but every morning its back into the wet socks and trail runners.
