KF has it right.
Whatever boot/sock combo you decide on you might want to take a test hike in, both wet/dry and make sure your foot is secured properly and you don't slop around inside the boot, causing hot spots.

I like a boot a boot I can lace to keep my heel tight to boot and avoid that slippage.
Lot's of good options but since everyone's feet are different and your own feet maybe different than each other, fit is everything.

Anyone who has spent time in the military before they developed better fit methods for combat boots, knows what it's like to hike under a load with blisters the size of silver dollars.

Not something you want on a wilderness trip. :'(