SMSI. Show Me Something Interesting. Cache Owner BiT promises to show us The Shoe Tree, one in a series of SMSI’s for this Cache Owner.
Ground Zero is a canoe launch for Alum Creek Lake. We are in a grove of trees next to busy Route 36. Bird activity is low, as nesting gives way to thoughts of migration. Queen Anne has made her lacy mid-August debut, while the tree behind her pays homage with fresh fall growth.
We figure shoe trees are fairly uncommon, and for that very reason, this one should be easy to spot. When we turn up an empty carton of Corona Extra, it seems that more than shoes could be going on here.
Cedar – that was BiT’s hint. I hope this is a cedar tree, because that is definitely a pair of . . . . shoes. Like graffiti on a wall or initials carved into a trunk, the shoes make a statement, I was here. I left my shoes.
As we walk away, the tree curls its leafy arms around the shoes — and the cache — once again.
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