Anyone have any idea why people hang shoes on a tree off the shoulder of highway 97 near Shaniko? It's lovely, and it sounds cool in the wind, the shoes flapping around. Is it a kid thing? A sports thing? Locals? Travelers? Here's a photo ... www.katu.com/younews/9324607.html
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Re: The famous shoe tree of Shaniko
Tue, April 22, 2008 - 3:31 AMnever even heard of the town, let alone the tree. -
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Tue, April 22, 2008 - 1:26 PMWow, looks pretty cool. I'd go check it out but it's a bit far from Portland for me!
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Tue, April 22, 2008 - 2:09 PMWhen I was an adolescent (physically 1979, mentally, still am), my Mom took my brothers and me out of school to drive to Shaniko to see a total solar eclipse because it was going to be cloudy in Portland and that was the nearest spot east of the mountains from here (where the skies are not cloudy all day).
In retrospect, that was a pretty cool thing for her to do (thanks Mom!). I can still see the ripples of light that scooted across the wheat field just before totality. So I have fond, vivid memories of Shaniko.
I don't know when there will be another solar eclipse there though, maybe the shoe tree is to compensate for the lost tourist dollars ;]
www.ancilnance.com/images/128.jpg (picture of the 1979 eclipse). -
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Re: The famous shoe tree of Shaniko
Tue, April 22, 2008 - 2:25 PMWell, how fascinating! Kinda boggles the mind . . . Herekitty, darlin', if I find out anything, I'll let you know! :o)
Shaniko is a neat li'l ghost town (careful - there's corny music on the site) www.ghosttowns.com/states/o...niko.html I have fond memories of Shaniko, and would love to go visit again. Maybe I can persuade S. Archer to arrange a campin' trip out there - me, I'm a car-/comfort-camper, so it would take being with someone that felt comfortable being off of the "beaten path" for me to be o.k., but it sure could be a great adventure! -
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Tue, April 22, 2008 - 4:08 PMthanks for the link Misha. might have to visit there one of these days.
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Tue, April 22, 2008 - 5:15 PMWow, thanks for the website Misha. It looks a little tarted up for the (hoped for) tourists, but no so much that it spoils the fun. -
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Tue, April 22, 2008 - 7:13 PMIt sure looked a lot more abandoned when I last saw it, but that was when I was about 12. This ol' girl is 39 now, and tired, so I'll let you do the math. ;o) Last I heard, the hotel/cafe is actually for sale . . . Goddess knows I can make a mean latte, if y'all want to talk about ownership! -
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Tue, April 22, 2008 - 8:06 PMI see a co-op forming! I'm damn good at shaking martinis, whiskey sours, and make one mean margarita. Who wants to run the kitchen? And I see dancers! -
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Tue, April 22, 2008 - 10:18 PMOoooooo - I'm a tribal bellydancer, and I *loved* pole-work in my "Stripper 101" class! We could have something viable here . . . ;o) -
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Wed, April 23, 2008 - 3:20 PMthis is starting to sound like my kind of joint! ; )
Who else is in?!? -
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Mon, May 5, 2008 - 1:15 PMHmmm, I'm not seeing a lot interested investors. <sigh> Guess I'll have to keep my (respectable) day job. ;-) -
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Mon, May 5, 2008 - 2:28 PMYeah, me, too. (*Sigh.*)
We'll always have the strip bar/coffee shop of Shaniko in our hearts, though, right? ;o) It's all good . . . -
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Mon, May 5, 2008 - 3:15 PMLOL something tells me the locals wouldn't go for it anyway ; )
Is it just me or is this tribe dead? Everyone must be outside playing in the long delayed spring sun!
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Re: The famous shoe tree of Shaniko
Wed, April 23, 2008 - 11:45 AMI like Shaniko.
It's a quaint little burg.
It had a little bump in tourism and investment, but I think that's probably gone down a lot in the last few years, and possibly now even more so with gas prices so much higher.
I drive through it a couple of times a year, usually.
I always come from the other direction and then turn off to go down through Antelope, so I've never seen the shoe tree (which is north of town, I think they said.)
Last time I stopped and looked around at that old building that has the two little cupulas on it at Cross Hollows. Those poplars get pretty big there, they must be pretty old.
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