Wednesday, April 17, 2013

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 ??



Tuesday, August 07, 2012

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.



Sunday, August 05, 2012

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.

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Glued in Glen Arbor, Michigan



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

 . . . dozens and dozens of Lost Soles.

Thursday, June 07, 2012

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.

Monday, June 04, 2012

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.


Saturday, May 26, 2012

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)




Sunday, May 20, 2012

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.


Sunday, April 22, 2012

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.

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

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.

Monday, December 14, 2009

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.


Wednesday, November 25, 2009

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.

Sunday, September 06, 2009

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!




Saturday, September 05, 2009

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.


Sunday, May 10, 2009

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.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

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.




Friday, April 17, 2009

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.




Monday, April 06, 2009

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.




Sunday, March 29, 2009

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.


Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Slipped Out

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




Saturday, March 14, 2009

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.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

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!

Friday, January 23, 2009

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.


Thursday, January 22, 2009

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.


Thursday, January 08, 2009

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 . . .


Monday, December 15, 2008

Stoned near Machiasport, Maine

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


Sunday, November 30, 2008

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.


Wednesday, November 19, 2008

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.



Saturday, November 08, 2008

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.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

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.

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

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.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

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.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

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.




Saturday, September 13, 2008

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.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

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.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

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.

Saturday, June 07, 2008

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