[quote author=Captain Kirk link=topic=233.msg2779#msg2779 date=1235932517]
With some better boots and I could have stayed out until dawn.[/quote]
I bought a pair of Ranger boots with Thinsulate inserts at Fleet Farm for about $60 last fall. With wool socks over cotton socks, I haven't felt a lick of cold in my feet, even with my face and hands freezing in the cold. It's worth noting that the warming packs do not work in these boots – they are too air-tight to permit in enough oxygen to allow the reaction to work, at least with the extra-thick wool socks I use. With my old Columbia Bugaboo boots, I could feel the cold creeping in when it got cold, and heat packs were required.