Which one sounds better?

First we put on our hiking boots, and then we went set off down the trial.


or


After we put on our hiking boots, we set off down the trial.

Which one sounds better?
The second sounds better. The first is just superfluous. You don%26#039;t need a play-by-play. First, then, next... a transition is good every once in a while, but don%26#039;t exhaust the reader.
Reply:after putting on our hiking boots, we started down the trail
Reply:First one doesn%26#039;t make sense %26quot;and then we went set off down the trial%26quot;? then we went set rewrite it.
Reply:The latter sounds better. And it%26#039;s %26#039;trail%26#039; not %26#039;trial%26#039;. Also consider: %26quot;We put on our hiking boots before setting off down the trail.%26quot;
Reply:Second one.
Reply:the second one has a better flow the first one is very choppy
Reply:The second sentence sounds better to me. Also, in your first sentence, it should be %26quot;First, we put on our hiking boots; then, we set off down the trail.%26quot;
Reply:After we put on our hiking boots,we set off down the trail.
Reply:The second sentence sounds grammatically better to me.
Reply:After we put on our hiking boots, we set off down the trail.



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