Anyone seen a shoe tree?

[FastbackJon]

I visited this landmark way out in the woods in north eastern Washington State last weekend and added a pair to a limb about 15 feet up.

[Telvis]

Why?

[FastbackJon]

Well why not? It was on my way to the fictional towns of Pineview/Benning Oregon, also located in north eastern Washington State.

[69charger2002]

i bet that was one smelly tree

[Brock Samson]

  Couple years ago we had a homeless encampment under Hwy 101 raided by the SFPD, there they found a "Needle Tree", Cop told me there were many thousands of needles stuck in it... 

[moparguy01]

guess its no more stupid than carhenge......

[Lowprofile]

Where's the bunny with the pancake on its head??   

[Wakko]

Which do you prefer?   

[derailed]

kind of reminds me of my wifes closet

[Andrew]

Dont Worry!


http://roadsideamerica.com/set/shoetrees.html

[Shakey]

Every year in January I do a 10 day road trip throughout the SW United States to visit my customers.  I usually take the back roads when I drive from Scottsdale, AZ to LA and found this shoe tree  near TwentyNine Palms, CA.  The photo is from January 2004.

Sure enough, driving through the same stretch of desert this past Janaury, I noticed nothing but a charred stump as someone had burned the thing down.   

From the article posted by Andrew:

A shrunken old desert tree near Vidal, California, on Hwy 62 northest of the junction with Route 177, bore both shoes and a variety of shirts -- until some maniac burned it down in 2004.

This directional sign is also in the desert, in the middle of nowhere!

I know these items are meaningless but I personally think they add a personality to the countryside.

If you would like to see some of the more interesting things I have seen in my travels, I would be happy to share!

[Dale The Bold]

Time for some bad jokes...

How many feet tall is it?

Think of all the poor people who had to walk back home barefoot.

Who says trees don't have soles?

Far more successful than the used underwear tree.

In case of forest fire, grab a pair and run!

It may seem pointless, but a lot of people get a kick out of that tree.

Just think of all the sweatshop labor that has gone to waste on that tree alone.

[6pkrunner]

Well it certainly may add personality to the countryside, but what type of personality is it adding?  Meaningless - well I'll have to agree there unless someone can toss out some deeper inner quality for it that I'm missing. A possible future tourist attraction? While seeing the World's Largest frying Pan and World's Largest Rubber Band Ball, why not complete your holiday experience with a boo at the World's Largest Shoe Tree.

[Silver R/T]

i bet that was one smelly tree

totally what Id say lol

[psykicpup]

 its art!   
(nuff said)


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