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#21

I’ve been there and saw up close and personal, those trees. The first sight of them made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. It’s almost religious. That was in 1967 or early '68. Since then I have l;longed to return with my wife, who has never been any further west than Pittsburgh. Hopefully someday not too distant in the future we will do so.

By the way, the tallest tree, measured back in 1966 was 367 feet. I wonder what it has reached now.

Like pretty much everything we do, we nearly wiped these trees off the face of the planet. Maybe someday, we will learn that we cannot have everything we want.

#22

Dan Padova said:

I’ve been there and saw up close and personal, those trees. The first sight of them made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. It’s almost religious. That was in 1967 or early '68. Since then I have l;longed to return with my wife, who has never been any further west than Pittsburgh. Hopefully someday not too distant in the future we will do so.

By the way, the tallest tree, measured back in 1966 was 367 feet. I wonder what it has reached now.

Like pretty much everything we do, we nearly wiped these trees off the face of the planet. Maybe someday, we will learn that we cannot have everything we want.

Dan,

I have to agree with you about the feeling you get walking among these giant trees. It’s almost like walking into a huge cathedral. The branches on these trees don’t appear until about one hundred feet from the floor of the forest. They stand there like giant ancient columns. And the trees are actually pretty close together considering their size. The bottom branches are sometimes the size of fairly large trees in themselves. Four to five feet in diameter. Branch out to a length of one hundred feet or more. When the bright sun filters through the tree cover by the time that light reaches the ground, it is nothing more than rays of light. Very beautiful and impressive. Like no other forest in the world!

It has taken these trees 3000-4000 years to grow to that height of 367 feet. Fifty years is nothing to these trees. :slight_smile: Probably ONLY added a few feet, if that!

#23

Having been born and raised in the Coastal Redwood country and having family working in the woods and mills back several generations I have to say there is nothing more beautiful than a Coastal Redwood forest on a cool morning with the fog and or mist drifting through the upper stories and the sun starting to break through and illuminate the ferns, huckleberries, and other under story.

It is very disheartening at this point in my life to go back to areas that I played in, fished,camped and hiked when I was young and find nothing but cut over stump farms full of small second growth and brush Fir thickets these areas that were old growth forest cathedrals back in the day. But at the same time I realize that man has to survive, prosper, and raise his family. The only way man can prosper is by exploiting natural resources, think about it. Thankfully a few individuals and organizations had the foresight to conserve and preserve areas of forest and other natural wonders.

This is not a political rant, just a statement of fact.

Merry Christmas to all

Rick

#24

Our biggest trees are Western Cedars and they are protected in various groves in Wash and Idaho.

These pics are from 2 groves near here.

#25

There are two types of Redwoods which grow naturally only in California, and a third, which only grows naturally in China. It’s the oldest of the three and is called, natuallly, “Dawn Redwood.” At Henry Cowell State Park, all three redwoods can be found! When you are in California and want to see these trees, visit “Calaveras Big Trees State Park.” It’s in Calaveras County (Home of the Jumping Frog Contest). Well off the beaten path and probably little known outside of California. Visit and be AMAZED!

#26

John Caughey said:

David,

On Weyerhaeuser’s operation waste wood was cut up for camp stoves and heating. Often you’ll see a flat car with an open top and sides like a cattle car for such wood.

The bigger waste was smaller trees knocked down to get at the bigguns.

John

John, yes. I know, and I also know that many time the slash was piled up and burned on site But some of what was slash back then, is what is harvested today.