Protesting logging or just having fun?
Day 122
The first of many I saw today
July 26th, 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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Interesting….
Let’s see — the ‘mouth’ looks like it was most likely cut with a chainsaw…
If you were protesting, would you have a chainsaw???
I’ve been out of town for a couple days time to catch up… Someone having some fun reminds me of the Wizard of Oz don’t ask me why.
Saun, I thought the same thing. That or The Lord of the Rings.
I thought the same thing. I hope this forest is nicer to Matt then the one Dorothy walked through.
Matt, I just want to thank you for everything your doing, you are an inspiration and though you may not have intended it, your walk is a gift to the world. It is a gift to know that love, kindness and courtesy still exist!
Ditto!
Matt, new web viewer here…i just read/viewed each of your entries…what an amazing trip you’re experiencing. thank you for sharing it with everyone. good luck and keep on walkin’.
Cory, welcome from the Hobo Nation. Nice Name. My daughter is a “Corrie” too. Harry Chapin rocks.
He doesn’t look too friendly.
Saw this movie when I was about 6 years old. Gave me nightmares for a very long time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiP6W0ZCQRg
I think protesting the haircut he was left with.
LOL !!! That’s a good one. He got a buzz cut.
Good one Dorinda!
to infinity and beyond!!!!!……..oh…oh sorry…not that buzz……darn it.
LOL.
The look says: “I told you to take just a little off the top! Now I feel totally stumped.” (grins)
ooooooohhhhhhhhhhh….!!! good one Stephen.
I agree the eyes say protesting the haircut!!
You know what this reminds me of? Hold onto your hats gamer/nerds (I am married to one)…this guy looks like an Ent from the Lord of the Rings movie. :)
I’m a female nerd/gamer! :) Makes me think there’s a haunted/enchanted forest forthcoming.
I am not a gamer nor a nerd. It makes me think of a short guy with a crew cut.
Left over devastation from a forest fire or maybe those beetles? Whoever did the face painting is quite an artist.
Saun, faces on trees (especially slightly grumpy looking ones) always remind me of Wizard of Oz too (my FAVORITE movie of ALL time)..but I just watched LOTR with my husband yesterday, so an Ent crossed my mind too, deanna.
I’m not sure whether to think it was fun or protesting…seems like a strange way to protest, so I’m leaning toward fun
Allison….I have to admit…I had to ask my husband what the name of those trees were because I had forgotten. But, the love of my life reminded me.
It’s looking up wondering, “What the heck happened to the rest of me?!”
LOL !! Good one Karen Too. That’s funny. He does look like that doesn’t he. : )
It’s the Wizard of Oz trees!
Maybe it is a former “tree” from HR Puff N Stuff….and it got stuck in Montana and can not live if not in it’s magical world of Sid and Marty Kroft……….
(yea showing my age…)
OMG Jeff!!! I totally remember that show!!! I used to watch it when I was a kid living in NY. :)
“whose your friend when things get tufff….” NY the bestest place in the world. Proud to call it my birthplace.
Does anyone remember Fraggle Rock and Uncle Travelin Matt? He always sent post cards to the other fraggles that lived below ground and didn’t know the outside world existed or am I dreaming? That’s what Matt made us think of when he went thru.
No, I won’t admit I know………no, I won’t admit it………oh alright. I used to watch Puff N Stuff when I was little too. I don’t remember much of it though, does that count? Or is it showing old age memory loss??
I’d say it done by someone who had one too many Budweiser’s with Clamato…
At first I thought maybe voodoo!
After further review I like this from the eyes – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFkc2gbShTY
And I thought of this – WOOD you hug me today!
First thought was “A tree hugger drew the mad face.”
That is hilarious
@Ed “If you were protesting, would you have a chainsaw???”
A person might, if they’re protesting in one of those places where the upset loggers sometimes act like the KKK. (No MN for example)
These are called Sawbuck Stumps. These trees were logged a hundred years ago, often in the winter (hence the high cut, due to the snow level) The cut was made lower in the tree and then a long plank was wedged in. One man stood on each side of the plank and the tree was sawer with a long, two-handled saw. Tremendous amounts of trees in this area were logged and floated down stream to use in the copper mines in Butte, Montana. Locals have been painting faces on these stumps for several decades, all around the Placid Lake area.