Ponderosa pine
Day 120
A real old-timer
July 24th, 2010
I'm walking across America.
That's the idea, at least. I'm walking westward from New York City for nine months or so. If everything goes according to plan, I'll be in Oregon when the clock runs out. If nothing goes according to plan, maybe I'll end up in Peru or Mongolia or Pennsylvania. You can read all about the details of my trip if you're so inclined.
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Here's my progress so far:
did you hear the theme song in the background…..
ps how many rings
the innermost tag says 1650 the outermost says 1997.
The Verizon Ring Tone – Can you count the rings now – OH – It is – Can You hear me bark ing now!!! How WOOD anyone have known?
A tidbit: in 1650 the colonial population of the United States was 51,700. (According to http://www.writersdreamtools.com/view/decades/default.asp?Decade=1650
That’s Europeans — doesn’t count the tens (or maybe hundreds) of thousands of Natives.
Now that’s one old tree! How do they count all those rings? Almost looks like 2 trees that grew together.
I saw similar on my auto trip out West in the 1980’s. My husband (my ex) and I saw some HUGE living pine trees. It was amazing to see a pine tree with a diameter so much larger than those we find in Alabama. I’m going to have to dig out my photo albums, digitize them, and put them on my facebook page. The sequoias were the most awesome.
Wow, think about staying in one place for all those years.
Amazing!