Friday, May 27, 2011

Owning/driving an old International Scout is a lifestyle that sort of just picks YOU.  Case: Just now, I needed some fresh air and a cool drink to get me through the final stretch of work for the week, so I just up and took a saunter (sp?) down the street in my scout.  The weather is fine, so the windows were down.  I stopped by the auto parts store to check out trailer mirrors.  Since I was now just next door to Steve's Custom Shoe Repair shop, I had to stop over and chat with him.  (Steve is a life long craftsman of shoe repair, and has fixed a few pairs of shoes for me in the past)  He's always good for a little yarn.

His shop is great and smells like worn leather and levi's.  He gave me some digs about my headcold, and told me how excited he was about going on vacation tomorrow.  In my perusing around, I spotted these old worn work boots that fit like they should be mine.  Would Grandpa Clyde or Steve McQueen have boots like this?  -Hell yes they would.  These are totally the kind of boots I need to have in my closet for when I buy my next motorcycle, or dig a hole.

So, here they are sitting passenger side.  Only ten clams.  High fives to my old sweaty 4x4 for a breath of fresh air well spent.  -In the future, make sure Steve is the one you give your shoes to if they need some love.  But don't go tomorrow; He'll be in Idaho for a few weeks.


4 comments:

Tayva said...

Grandpa Clyde would be proud. And he DID have a pair of boots like that! Hell yes he did XOXO

Brian said...

Nice story-telling, Doood. Nice boots too. Thanks for all your help today, the garage looks amazing.

Jewels said...

I LOVE when you blog - your posts are my favorite. And those are totally Clyde boots - well done you! We should hang out more, you are good people.

Mark said...

Having now seen those boots in person, I have to admit, they're totally 'bitchin'(said in a dirty Brigham voice)!