And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, November 28, 2024
I wonder if that tree is still there.
A horse-drawn cart passing through a section cut out of the base of a giant sequoia tree, California, 1879.
My grandfather retired in 1967, bought an RV, and they began a driving tour of north America. Somewhere I have a photograph of them standing in that tree tunnel with their RV sitting in the bypass since it wouldn't fit through the gap. They took photographs in 49 states, all of the southern provinces of Canada, and northern states of Mexico, all in two-year long year-long vacation. If there was somewhere they wanted to go, they went. If there was something they wanted to see, they would stop and see it. If the scenery was impressive and the campground neighbors friendly, they'd stay an additional night, simply because they could.
A tunnel was cut through the tree in 1881, enlarging an existing fire scar. Two men, the Scribner brothers, were paid $75 for the job (equivalent to $2,368 in 2023).
"The Wawona Tree fell in February 1969 under a heavy load of snow on its crown.
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The giant sequoia is estimated to have been 2,300 years old.
My grandfather retired in 1967, bought an RV, and they began a driving tour of north America. Somewhere I have a photograph of them standing in that tree tunnel with their RV sitting in the bypass since it wouldn't fit through the gap. They took photographs in 49 states, all of the southern provinces of Canada, and northern states of Mexico, all in two-year long year-long vacation. If there was somewhere they wanted to go, they went. If there was something they wanted to see, they would stop and see it. If the scenery was impressive and the campground neighbors friendly, they'd stay an additional night, simply because they could.
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DeleteAnd look where we are now. I do blame the .gov but also the old timers for not curb stomping new comers.
DeleteThere are two or three dive-thru sequoia's. I rode the ElectraGlide through one in 2012.
ReplyDeleteI can't help but marvel at the amount of labor that took.
ReplyDeleteA tunnel was cut through the tree in 1881, enlarging an existing fire scar. Two men, the Scribner brothers, were paid $75 for the job (equivalent to $2,368 in 2023).
DeleteHave a picture of my grandpa circa 1929 with my dad he was about 3 standing outside he bonny and clide car
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