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.
Old growth Ponderosa Pine, with bark appearing like big plates, is referred to as Yellow Pine. That photo was taken near Clipper Mills (3500' elevation), between Marysville and La Porte, CA. That ridge is part of a banana belt that grows some of the best timber in California.
I thought Ponderosa Pine.
ReplyDeleteSame tree. Both names are for Pinus ponderosa
DeleteOld growth Ponderosa Pine, with bark appearing like big plates, is referred to as Yellow Pine.
DeleteThat photo was taken near Clipper Mills (3500' elevation), between Marysville and La Porte, CA. That ridge is part of a banana belt that grows some of the best timber in California.
Are those concrete wheels with steel "tread"?
ReplyDeleteInteresting wheels.
ReplyDeleteGonna need a top saw, fer sure!
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