Here's a real heartbreaker, the Big Pine "Roosevelt Tree" is no more...............
Big Pine Giant Sequoia "Roosevelt Tree" Passes Into History
A Sad Moment on Highway 395
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ski3pin
, Sep 30 2020 03:28 PM
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Posted 30 September 2020 - 03:28 PM
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Posted 30 September 2020 - 05:01 PM
As I think about this tree coming down I realize that it is the small things that bring meaning to my life. I have been driving by this tree for nearly half of its life. I will miss it. Thanks for posting this.
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Posted 30 September 2020 - 09:07 PM
This is an example of loving something to death.
Too many people walking around under the tree.
That's why our other groves have walkways mostly.
Sad.
Frank
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Posted 01 October 2020 - 01:10 AM
That’s truly sad.
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Posted 01 October 2020 - 03:15 PM
What a shame. It always made us smile as we passed by during the holidays.
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Posted 02 October 2020 - 04:04 PM
It was always a becon for travelers. Is a new one going to be planted?
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Posted 02 October 2020 - 05:08 PM
I expect it would not be another Sequoia in the dry Owens Valley. I hope something nice comes to the top on what to do with planning.
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Posted 02 October 2020 - 06:51 PM
It's amazing it lasted this long in an non native area.
Sequoia's are pretty fussy.
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Posted 02 October 2020 - 10:06 PM
Interesting story. I did not know about this tree even though I’ve been to Big Pine so many times over the past 50 years or more. Family and relatives always camped at Taboose Creek.
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Posted 03 October 2020 - 12:10 AM
Awe, now how am I going to know where to turn off 395 to go to Death Valley? That's always been my landmark to turn, when I'm not paying attention. That's too bad.
"I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in." —John Muir. http://aimlessroamer.blogspot.com/
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