Lonesome Flop

Just when I think I can’t possibly find another lonesome flop… there it is washed up with the tide and missing its "sole" mate. I wonder just how many flip flops get separated every summer--even my pup is curious.

Andy and the Ant Hill

In a popular parking area near a public beach access on Isle of Palms, I noticed a child's Croc. The beach-goers had long since left for the day, and the poor lone sole was next to an ant hill. Sadly, the little insects had made themselves at home. 

Snapped

It's summer and beach vacations are in full swing for many. 

As my family and I make the drive to Isle of Palms, I notice cars strapped down with luggage racks, bicycles, and coolers. Many of these extra belongings hang precariously on the back of vehicles with bungee cords, no less. How many of these rigged apparatuses snap and send luggage flying through the air, littering the highway with personal items, shoes, and such? Probably more often than one expects considering the fact that when I cross the bridge onto the island, low and behold, there is a bungee cord and a lone sneaker within feet of one another. Is that what happened here? 

Washed Ashore

I came across this lone shoe while walking on a somewhat desolate part of the beach in Hilton Head, SC. Clearly, this lost sole had been swept up by the ocean, tossed around, and rewashed ashore. One has to wonder just how many pairs of walking/running shoes and flip flops get kicked off and forgotten each summer only to be carried out to sea and then returned to the beach flying solo.