Veering off the Adirondacks for a moment. I mentioned shoe trees in a previous comment when explaining why I didn't want to give the location for the Wilderness Lodge in the north country. That got me thinking that I never blogged about the shoe trees that are right here in Western New York. The photo is of a bookmark I made from a picture we took of them, in black and white. First-what are shoe trees? Well, they are exactly what you'd think-trees with shes hung in them. Second-why? Well, that's a good question. And I don't have all of the answers. These trees were supposedly started back in the late 60's or early 70's depending on who you believe. Now legend has it that if you make a wish, then throw your shoes up into the trees and they stay on the first try, your wish will come true. It's not as easy as it sounds, we tried.
Many shoe trees are just one tree, this happens to be multiple trees. I'm not sure why or when it became more than one, or if it always was.
Anyway, we thought we'd share the shoe trees of Western New York with everyone.
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