Salt Water Sandals │Revisiting My Youth One Step at a Time

When I was young, say four or five years old, I remember fondly a pair of sandals I wore and loved. Those wonderfully sturdy but classic sandals were Salt Water Sandals.

After thinking about these sandals the other day, and randomly seeing an ad for them, I began to contemplate the history of the company. I knew the company was older, and I figured they'd started in the 1960s.

I was wrong. They began in 1944 out of the need for leather sandals with very little leather available.

This was in the middle of World War Two. Everything was rationed. Most leather was needed for military supplies so a shoemaker named "Walter Hoy started cobbling sandals using scrap materials from a military boot factory"(Salt Water Sandals Website).

Recently, after a pair of sandals I owned wore out, I figured now was the time to bring back my youthful spirit and vigor and buy a pair of sandals I wore decades ago.

I purchase a pair of olive green classic cut Salt Water Sandals, for a great price (leather upper, leather insert, and manmade sole). They fit every bit the same and I'm smitten with them. Comfortable, with very little break-in needed, they're beautiful, soft, comfy, and adorable.

Olive green is my favorite color, so this choice was easy. While the sandals probably aren't made in the USA anymore, I do love supporting a company that's been around for nearly 80 years.

You too can find some via their website, and of course, there are some available on Amazon, usually overstock and sometimes at slightly better prices. But, the Salt Water Sandal website has a plethora of new styles and colors along with the classic Hoy Salt Water Sandal... the very one I used to have.

Now, I have a pair once more. I feel a little bit younger; like I've made a trip back in time. Life truly is cyclical. And I'm so glad it is. It's a chance to revisit what we love, and what we've lost, and to regain that love once more.

It's a balm to my soul and memory...