Old Brown Shoe

This isn't the greatest post in the world, this is just a tribute.









Yesterday Leroy, Brad and I went for a ride with no particular destination and ended up at the Garden of the Gods. While we were there we were scrambling about on some rocks and we had a casualty.

Purchased in the spring of 2006 for a cool $8.50 at Wal-Mart, these sandals were originally commissioned for a Wilderness Pilgrimage trip: 30 miles a day of canoeing and portaging in the wilderness of Algonquin Park, Ontario. Since then they have: walked countless miles around Hillsdale, carried me through Young Life Wilderness Camp, hiked Mt. Evans and Pike's Peak.















As we drove home we stopped by Wal-Mart where I saw the same exact sandals still available, but with a Colorado and year 2008 appropriate price.

While I'm sure I could put another 1084 miles on that brand of sandal, I settled for the $4.87, less... styrofoamy flip-flops that Capitalist-Mart had on sale.

A moment of silence for the dear departed.

Tomorrow (or Wednesday): Some investigative reporting.