Das Boot

6.18.2012

June 18, 2012
So there's this boot...
 
...and it's real.
 
Red Wing is a little town in Minnesota that is home to the famous Red Wing boots. Their boots are high-quality, made in America, and Rion loves the boots he has from them. Yada-yada-yada. What's really important is that they made a very large boot. Like the little old lady really could live in this shoe. What's even cooler is that it is all made with real leather. Bummer for the cows and pigs, but a total win for the geek tourist like me.
We spent longer than necessary in the Red Wing store/museum, and Rion actually came out with his second pair of Red Wings and I came out with my first. Thanks to his mom. Thanks mom. 
Nick, Rion's brother, was jealous and thought this shoe might look fly. He didn't get very far.

9 comments:

Anna said...

oh my. that big boot is amazing. I must add it to this list of things to see sometime in my life :)

Anonymous said...

Could your shoes/Rion's shoes be any cuter? Holy man. I want. I also want to climb into the big boot. Although it might be hard to get out afterward, it would be fun for photos!

Shaylynn... a girl, a story, a blog said...

So, about that boot....

twiggy@thedirtlife said...

this was hysterical...i loved the photography here.

made me want a shiny boot. go figure.

Ariel Tyler Henley said...

Holy moly! It's huge! Glad you guys had a great time! :)

Bret said...

this is the perfect kitschy tourist attraction. way better than our world's biggest ketchup bottle or smiley face water tower. touché.

Anonymous said...

haha man! This is hilarious. Gotta love a world's biggest anything.

Kate

The Egg said...

ha! i once saw the world's largest basketball shoe, this reminds me of that but this is wayyy bigger

Rachel said...

Hi Kelley! I came across your blog from over at Emily's blog Celebrating the Day! What a cute little blog you have! I'm from Minnesota and recognized a few of the places in your posts! How cool, do you also live in MN?
XO,Rachel