The sad headline from the Roadside America website (mouseover for linky):
We're really not into publishing obituaries, but when a famous shoe tree is murdered, it's front page news. Here we have a streetview image of the shoe tree in happier days:
We have encountered many shoe trees; they're kind of a totem for roadtripping-type folk. Unfortunately, they usually die an ignoble death; chopped down or set on fire by some drunken yahoos. While we frown on littering of any kind, somehow the lonely shoe trees of America get a pass. Long live the shoe trees!
Young, healthy shoe tree outside of Vidal Junction, CA
Washington State Rte 97--2 miles east of Shaniko
Western Utah
Route 66, Amboy, CA
