Top quality boots to take you away from the roads. Buy once and cry once as they say... The rest on gas to get u there. I like your approach and good things will come. The other guys are right on a good pack, especially for moose elk or long backpack trips. That said I got by with my MEC internal frame pack for 15 years and still run an internal frame pack for alpine mulies goat and sheep (arcteryx bora).
Giver with what you have and have fun!
TJ