Shoes in a Tree

Some people write messages on the shoes in the shoe tree near Amboy, CA.


Other people write the date when they hung a pair of shoes on the tree.


Some of the shoes appear to be hanging in groups.


The shoe tree about a block from Amboy, CA.


Amboy, CA is marked on this map.

Here's a bit of candid photography for you--hundreds of shoes hanging from a tree in, where else, but California.

About a block from Amboy is the shoe tree. It's a holy place, I'd guess, where people hang their extra shoes.

If you see it from a distance it looks like a bunch of shoes hanging from a tree.

But if you look up close you'll find messages on some of the shoes.

Some shoes have a date on them, the date they were hung on the tree.

Just a little offbeat news for those inclined to read about weird stuff.