Don't be so hard on yourself, Ben always likes the straight skinny. But, for what Ben is using them for, he should be fine. I use the same ones I've had 25 years for shoveling snow around the house and quick drives during snow season.
Are you certain you are sized right? None of my pine barren brothers have ever said they feel like kid's galoshes and liken them to "Galumphing around". There is just too much experience among all of us to accept that. I have been wearing 18" lacrosse for over 20 years. 6-7 miles is easy in them.
If I owned it, I'd try real hard to bring it back to the little luncheonette that Buzby had going. I'd enhance it with historical photos on the wall. Would never make a killing, but it would be a neat place. Lucille's #2.
This guy had to be under the influence of some psychotic drug. Maybe he ate bread with lysergic fungus or something. New Jersey was more developed than this in 1731. It had to be. Right?
http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-f193-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Oh wait, here is a map with even less information, from 1700. Imagine your instructions sailing in from England are..."go up the Delaware until you hit "One Tree Point". Pull in there. Yup, got it.
http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-f177-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Peet drier, tried and true. Overnight and done.
http://www.amazon.com/PEET-Dryer-Original-2-Shoe-Electric/dp/B001J4HQ76/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452359276&sr=8-1&keywords=peet+boot+dryer