Giant Sequoia or Redwood

[Segilla]

Can anybody please direct me to a photo of a N American tree, so large that a cart and horse(s) were driven through it.

It was a very popular picture in encylcopaedias 1930 - 1950.

[Quizmonster]

Click here

[Clanad]

Or here for a selection:

http://www.tunneltree.com/yosemite/waphoto/waphoto.html

By the way, Merry Christmas, Q!

[Quizmonster]

And to you, C, plus the very best for you and yours in '06.

[stanleyman]

There are three other trees like this on the west coast 101 in Oregon. We went through one in '87.

http://www.redwood.national-park.com/sights.htm#dri

[stanleyman]

Forgot the photo.

http://www.tunneltree.com/redwood/

[stanleyman]

Try this one then!

http://www.drivethrutree.com/park.html

[stanleyman]

If this doen't work I give up!

http://www.roundamerica.com/trip/journal/day88.htm

[logman]

Glad to see your photo's, eventualy stanlyman. you are clearly a man after my own heart! Thats my dream trip for 206.

Merry christmas & a happy New Year..

[stanleyman]

Highly recommend it Logman. We went by motorhome from Vancouver to Alberta, down through Montana to Yellowstone Park but had to turn back because of forest fires. Eventually made it to Salt Lake City then across the Nevada desert, sailed and capsized a Hobycat on Lake Tahoe, met up with E's family in San Francisco, headed north along the coast, we were some of the first to go up Mount St. Helens after the eruption and back to Vancouver. Over three weeks and three thousand miles, far to much happened to tell here, best holiday ever.

Have a happy Christmas everyone.

[logman]

Thanks Stanlyman, theres too few places in yhe world where you can find beautifull trees and lovely ladies all growing wild on the roadside!. Sorry Segilla i feel like i've stollen your answers. By the way the coast redwood is the tallest approx 360ft+ but the sierra redwood that grows further inland is the bigest in sheer bulk, often known as Wellingtonia in the uk..

[sunnyside]

I don't know about the photo you are asking about but I will give you another website to check out:

http://www.redwoods.info/redwoods.asp

I was born and raised here in Humboldt County CA. I know from local history that the redwoods forests grew all the way down to the ocean in this area which expands in a belt along the coast from Oregon to maybe Ukiah or so...?

The Foggy Weather conditions along the coast year-round a important to the Redwoods. It is believed that they get moisture in through the leaves up high from the fog as well as from their roots.

Due to the developement in this area - in the last 100 years, the trees were and still are cut to make room for the towns, cities, etc and for profit. (Redwood logging became big after the settlers couldn't make a living panning for gold- which is what brought people here to begin with.

Logging has been regulated and many forests have been bought by the state to be protected. There are campsites all along the Redwood highway were you can camp among the majestic trees.

I highly recommend driving along Highway 101 Oregon/California. It takes you right through the middle of the Redwood Forests.

I am lucky enought to live in a house built by my husband and his father with redwood ceilings, siding, roofing and trim inside. The wood was milled from old-growth trees that washed up onto our riverbank property during high waters. The wood was not logged.

Redwood smells soooo good when milled. It's a sweet smell that I can't describe.

When driving along highway 101, all over the sides of the highways there is redwood bark from the logging trucks.

Nuff said?