If any of you have traveled on HWY 50 across the "Loneliest Highway in America", you couldn't have missed THE SHOE TREE. I first learned about it a few years ago when my dad showed me pictures of it that he had taken of it while he had driven by it. Making the trip down HWY 50 to Utah and back to our home in Carson City, we have grown quite fond of THE SHOE TREE. We stopped by it this summer and were surprised by the snake in the pictures below. He slithered out of the shoe pile up the hill and into a hole just underneath the top of the hill. Seeing all the shoes and how old some of them were and the styles of shoes that were on the tree was very interesting. Such a neat landmark.
Lastnight it came across the news that some vandals had cut the tree down! WHAT!! Jim and I were stunned to say the least. Saddened also. Why would anyone do something like that. This tree is a landmark. How many years had it taken the tree to get to where it was at with all those shoes... and now....it's gone. My kids were shocked with the language I used towards those vandals...."Those Stupid Idiots"!
Anyway, we wanted to share pictures we had of the tree. To put it in perspective of how big it was, you can see me with some of the girls.
Right in the middle of the picture is the snake. Wish the snake wasn't hibernating when the vandals were there. He should have been on the prowl.
3 comments:
That really was a cool tree to see.. How sad that someone decided to ruin something so fun,for everyone else.
Thats awful that someone would do that. I've never heard of the tree before but what a fun thing to see. It makes me mad that people would be so rude. Reminds me about a couple college students who cut down a pine tree (to use for their Christmas tree) from the CEMETERY! A family had planted that in honor of their loved one and they just cut it down. It makes me upset. Great that you go pictures of it, thanks for sharing.
what an amazing tree... so sad!! Your pictures are a great treasure :)
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