December 14, 2006
Thursday's Thirteen No. 6
Thirteen Famous Trees to See in California
Sorry folks, but I'm so busy at work that I don't have time to elaborate here. Wish I did, though, because I have a thing for large, majestic trees (as evidenced from my photo series this fall of the trees in my neighborhood).
Please accept this sparse list of famous trees (or tree groves or parks) in California. In exchange for not writing much about each tree, I list fourteen famous trees instead of thirteen. It's like a baker's dozen for Thursday's Thirteen!
- Mariposa Grove
- The Lone Cypress
- General Sherman (Close to my hometown, this was one of the first "famous" trees I saw as a child.)
- Wawona Tunnel Tree (fell in the winter of 1968-1969)
- The Faithful Couple
- Chief Sequoyah (named after the famous Chief Sequoyah who created an alphabet for the Cherokee language)
- Joshua Trees
- Methuselah (oldest tree in the world at 4838 years!)
- General Grant (also known as the nation's Christmas tree, the General Grant tree is also located close to my hometown)
- The Avenue of the Giants
- Redwood National and State Parks in California
- The Chandelier Tree
- Robert E. Lee Tree
- The Lone Bristlecone (I've always found the idea of a pine tree in the middle of a desert rather spooky. Makes me wonder what that desert looked like thousands of years ago when this tree was just a sapling.)
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Merry Christmas Kasey and Travis. Hope you have a prosperous new year.
Posted by: Bruce on December 25, 2006 08:05 AMThank you, Bruce, for the well-wishes. From our house to yours, we wish you a Merry Christmas, too!
Posted by: Kasey on December 25, 2006 06:29 PM