Slow Ride

[OakLeaf]

One of a series of pictures my landscaper forwarded me:

[bouncybouncy]

where is that?

[7rider]

Hey...we've got one of those, too! :D
This one is in Rosaryville State Park (http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/southern/rosaryville.html), where the D.C. TE folks rode on Thanksgiving Day.
Only...you're may be a bit...um...slower...it looks like yours has been hanging around for a bit longer. :rolleyes:

[OakLeaf]

I don't know - I emailed her back to see if she knows, but it looks like one of those emails that's just making the rounds.

[lph]

I love that photo, Oakleaf! I don't know why - it has beautiful subdued colours, but I think it's the way nature is just quietly taking it all back that appeals to me. Like "you people can run around here in a hurry and be masters of the universe all you like, but in a hundred years you'll all be dead and the trees will still be growing."

[OakLeaf]

Here's what my landscaper said: "Some are at a theme park called Bonfante Gardens (now Gilroy Gardens) in California. Some are in Israel. Many are in Australia. The website for the Australia ones is Pooktre."

I couldn't find that photo on the web - those look like redwoods, don't they, and Gilroy isn't in redwood country, is it?

[KnottedYet]

I think the first one might be our "Bike-eating tree" here in the Seattle area. (Bainbridge Island? Whidbey Island? Vashon Island? on some island around here) Quilfred uses the Bike-eating Tree as her avatar, she knows where it is.

[kat_h]

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tips/getAttraction.php?tip_AttractionNo==1412

[mimitabby]

that's great!!
yes, hemlocks and douglas firs, trees from our neighborhood, complete with invasive ivy!

[cyclinnewbie]

Isn't that Bainbridge Island?