A Biblical Basketball

  Found this week on Sunrise Hiway near Interstate #8, a man's size 9/Left - looked new and when I looked closer --

-- written on the toe, a Biblical basketball message ??

Glimpsed in Glamis, CA

  A large single (right) black flip flop far out on a sand dune - found while I was standing on the observation overlook of the Imperial San Dunes B.L.M. Recreation Area.

Las Vegas Lost

  On an Interstate I-15 pull out, 40 miles north of Las Vegas (coming or going to the Big City?) - battered, worn and almost baked crispy in the 106 degree heat . . . just a right, men's size 11.

Glued in Glen Arbor, Michigan

   What an awesome pole!  planted outside Art's Tavern in Glen Arbor, Michigan.

 . . . dozens and dozens of Lost Soles.

Smoke Hole, West Virginia

 
Not exactly a lost sole,  but a lost pair maybe - proud and on the side of a barn.  Route 55, WV.

Badly Broken in Babcock West Virginia

   Found:  a beat up, old broken ladies sandal - a left with a very worn sole . . . down by the beautiful grist mill in Babcock State Park.

Lost in Ola, Arkansas

Size 9 - a new black flip flop (right) found in the parking lot of the Family Dollar Store in Ola, Kansas.  (made in China)

Nailed With a View - Red River, NM

A cowboy's lost sole (right) nailed high and dry - worn and split with a hole in the bottom - on a fence pole of a pasture gate.

Lost in the Mountains

Jan 2012:  Found a child's 'Paul Frank' brand right vinyl boot in a parking pull out off Sunrise Hiway in Mt. Laguna, CA.

Found at the Grand Teton National Park in WY

A single ladies blue flip flop sandal found at a gravel pull-out in the National Park - ready to admire the Great Teton Mountains of Wyoming.

Flat Pink - Lakeside, CA

I found this flattened pink thong sandal several parking spaces from the front of Von's grocery store - Los Coches Rd in Lakeside.

Mt. Laguna, CA (Desert View Overlook)

Heading out before dawn to catch the sun's early colors spreading over the Anza Borrego Desert below -

I looked down and nearly stepped on a true lost sole - only the rubber base of a thick heeled, left shoe.

Late for the train

Found at the Bergen, Norway train station - tiny, cute and never worn . . . a toddler's right fake leather pink dress up shoe, H&M brand (Made in China) - size 20-21.

in Bergen, Norway

Can you see them? Glued all over the front of this little boutique shop in Bergen - Lost Soles, no mates - all different shoes up there!

Belugas at Bourbonhamma, Norway

Immediately upon landing at Burbonhamma in Belsund Sound (Svalbard, Norway) - a Lost Sole - a right, weathered rubber boot sole (no upper).

Bourbonhamma is the site of an old beluga whale processing plant. Bleached white skulls and bones (and a few wrecked boats) are the only items left there now.

Ny London, Svalbard Norway

Camp Mansfield at Ny London in Svalbard (Norway) is now rubble and ruins. Among the rust near an old stove, lies what is left of a Lost Sole - just the flat leather sole with barely visible stitching holes around its edges. Camp Mansfield was built decades ago to mine marble, then abandonded when the quality of the marble was so bad, it crumbled like limestone.

Boot Hill, Lake Morena (SD, CA)

Leaving Lake Morena today - driving through the wind, wires and weeds of the back country of San Diego . . . lost soles who haven't been on these fence posts before . . . boots baking in the hot afternoon sun.

Ready to Tango in Chula Vista

Tan and tall in the weeds, this is the exact position I found a Jolie Victoria lost sole when I walked through a field of dusty dying daisies.

Peabody's Turkey Burgers

Encinitas, CA: In a small mall off the freeway - Peabody's Pub - that serves the greatest turkey burgers you can imagine. Outside on a low wall, an Addias sandal (size 6) - a right, newish, very clean - lost and separated from its mate.

Left at the Library (Oceanside, CA)

The weather is warming but this tiny little lost sole probably won't be going to the beach again - a leftie, good condition with beach sand - lost on the concrete stoop in front of the library.

Chucked Out In Chula Vista

Bent, broken and sun rotted - this Brahma brand (right) men's shoe has been posted and is standing sentinel at one end of the Chula Vista to Silver Strand path - inviting hikers to enjoy the fields in South Bay.

Slipped Out

San Diego: A very scruffy man's slipper abandonded in a neat, tidy Kensington neighborhood alley.

Flotsam in the Falklands

On our way to Antarctica, we stopped at Carcass Island in the Falklands. Along with tons of seaweed a blue and white Lost Sole had washed up on the beach where we landed to hike.

Trashed in Gila Bend, Arizona

Not lost actually, but my pair of Nike athletic shoes have made it to the end of their very long road trip this morning. Today in Gila Bend, Arizona - was the last day of a 5 month driving trip across, around and through the US and Canada - from San Diego to Desolation Sound, B.C., Canada to Eastport, Maine to the bayous of Louisiana and back to San Diego - a 19,640 mile jeep journey with just about as many digital photos taken . . . and this pair of Nike's smelling more and more each day until my socks at night would reek of old sneaker odor.

Last week the sole started separating on the left shoe. Now they're headed for the landfill in Arizona - together, a pair - they were great!

Betty's blue find at Pismo Beach, CA

Betty found this lost sole, a blue beach bum, deserted and desolate in the sands at Pismo Beach today.

Texas Two Step

San Antonio, Texas: Found on the sidewalk in front of a Chevron TA Travel Center - an almost new BCBGirlo brand, black wedge left heel (size 8B/38) with shiny black diamond patterned plastic straps.

Passed over near Pikeville, TN

Found on a lonely 2-lane back road east of Pikeville, TN - a fallen sole, a right boot - dark blue/grey vinyl with fabric that feels like indoor/outdoor carpeting for the upper. No brands, no names, no numbers . . .

Stoned near Machiasport, Maine

Fallen in the stones and gravel beside the road, this unmarked grey athletic shoe (size 8) waits with outstretched laces . . .

Joking Around Near Jonesport, Maine

This rubber boot may be totally lost, but it has been nailed high on a power pole near Jonesport, Maine - for everyone to see as they drive by.

Owl Head, Maine

Location: Found on the working fishing dock in Owl Head, Maine - a man's black (right) leather 'World Industries' brand lost sole . . . scuffed and torn up inside, sitting atop a rusty, bent and smelly lobster cage.

Ditched on the Dock - Rockport, MA

Location: Wet and sloppy in the rain, this men's Merrell leather loafer, was muddy and marooned on the picturesque dock in Rockport (Cape Ann), Mass.

Crystal Falls, Michigan

Totally trashed, left on the side of Route 141 near Crystal Falls, Michigan. No sign of any other debris - just this right "Cabela's - Worlds Foremost Outfitter Since 1961". Men's size 10, leather, dirty and really beaten up.

Crushed Cleats near Mt Rushmore, SD

Location: On route #244 in South Dakota's Black Hills, nearly at Mt. Rushmore - this badly worn baseball? cleat athletic shoe (with several cleats missing), was wrapped with frayed laces. A left, Alpha brand - badly worn out and finished.

Left On a Rock in North Bend, WA

Location: Abandoned down by the railroad tracks, across the street from the RR museum - with no laces - a "Skechers, leather uppers". The size tag had been cut out and this old sole was well worn around the ankle edges. A left.

Gibson's Landing B.C. Canada

Location: Early in the morning down at the boat docks, perched on a grassy tree stump just above the high tide line, a pink rubber clog waits patiently, forgotten . . . for an owner to return and be barefoot no longer. Ladies size #3/made in China.

Leading the Ferry

Location: (Can you see it?) On the Canadian ferry across Horseshoe Bay in British Columbia, a very lost blue sole made the 40 minute passage on the car deck outside the passenger gates.

Baby Blue in Bellingham (WA)

Location: Walking through the Farmer's Market in downtown Bellingham, a single powder blue toddler size Keen sandal waited alone in the aisle between the vegetable stalls.

Shabby at Lake Shasta

Location: Lake Shasta, CA. I found this lost sole (a blue flip flop), horribly dried and cracked - high above the present water line that is now currently 137 ft below crest. Marinas have moved, boat rentals have gone out of business. Lake Shasta is rimmed with old exposed mud. Gone are the forests of trees that dipped into the water's edge.

Posted in San Diego

Location: A nearly new brown rubber boot ("Made in Canada" printed around a maple leaf logo on the arch), found at Mission Bay impaled on a long 2X4. Size 10.

Teva of the Lake

Location: found floating at dawn at the edge of beautiful Lake Crescent on the Olympic peninsula of Washington - a men's black, right Teva brand sandal

Revival Stars in Washington

Location: Glenwood, Washington - in farm country north of the Royal Gorge

Condition: Faded tired stars on faux black suede, the DVS Shoe Co. boasting 'style: Revival Star!' Fabrique en Chine - USA women's size 6