{"id":54586,"date":"2023-04-10T00:00:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T00:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=54586"},"modified":"2023-04-10T00:00:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T00:00:33","slug":"roadside-attraction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=54586","title":{"rendered":"‘Shoe Tree’ is gone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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BEND, Ore.<\/strong> — Well, gang, I have made the turn and am heading for the house in North Texas.<\/p>\n

And along the way I suffered a semi-serious disappointment. I was told about a tree on the east side of U.S. Highway 97 a bit north of Bend that I needed to see. It was called colloquially the “Shoe Tree.”<\/p>\n

My cousin and his wife told me it was a tree that had died some years ago, but motorists would pass by and hurl shoes onto the branches. It stood apparently for years along the highway.<\/p>\n

I guess its time ran out, as in someone must’ve lost patience with seeing it there, collecting old shoes.<\/p>\n

Me? I would have loved to see the Shoe Tree. That’s the kind of thing that makes outstanding roadside attractions. Heck, the folks nearby could spring for a concession stand, they could sell artifacts such as bumper stickers, ball caps, t-shirts.<\/p>\n

Hey, that’s what they have done along Interstate 40 west of Amarillo, where motorists gather to spray paint graffiti on the cars that comprise Cadillac Ranch!<\/p>\n

Well, unless I missed it as I whizzed by, the Shoe Tree appears to have gone on to tree heaven.<\/p>\n

An opportunity lost. Would’ve made a great picture to go with this post.<\/p>\n

It’s on to the next stop.<\/p>\n

johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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