Best Tree In The World

[DeniseGoldberg]

That tree is absolutely awesome. And the contrast between the size of the trunk and a bicycle is stunning. Thanks for posting the pictures - sounded like a good ride too.

--- Denise

[Trekhawk]

Wow Nanci that sounds like the sort of group I would love to ride with.
The tree is amazing.

[allabouteva]

Hi Nanci

That's one BIG tree!

It reminds me of the trees back home where I grew up.. Check out this banyan tree, similiar to the Oak, but with all these stringy bits, where as kids we used to swing on.

[Nanci]

Ooh, they have those down in south Florida. I can just imagine being around them as a kid- it would have been heaven! When I was a kid, I climbed all the trees in our yard, mostly elms and maples, and all the trees in our neighbors' yards, and all the trees at the cabin, and made forts in the fallen down hollow trees in the woods, and knew all the trees that had fallen into the lake that the turtles basked on, that you could walk down and look at frogs and fish and stuff. I've got a pretty good tree in my yard now, which serves as a two-car garage. It's a Laurel Oak. Here it is with my old Explorer that I sold at 300,000 miles.

[Lise]

aaahhhhh.....what beautiful trees. Last night I drove by a Japanese Maple covered in snow, at twilight, a different kind of beauty.

Like nuthatch, I'm perishing for spring up here in the frozen north. The weather thing says it's going to be in the 50s by the end of the week. I know the Earth keeps going around the sun, and eventually it will be warmer...but sometimes I want to get out and push!

That biking group sounds perfect. Hope you have some fun rides with them. I can't remember--does Dilbird go riding with you? It sounds like he might fit right in. L.

[Brandi]

I have climbed many a tree in my day as well. My dh still calles me monkey women for all the climbing I do even in our kitchen. I am only 5'3 so somethings are areach for me.
We have wonderful oak tree's like you to Nanci. It's sad when a storm comes through and breaks them. Out here in Cali you are not alloud to cut down an oak and if you want to move one it is a huge deal. so no one ever moves one. Something like you have to uncover each root and let it sit the and uncover another one , it takes something like a year to move one. It's crazy!

[yellow]

What a beautiful tree. Thanks for sharing, Nanci. It brought back childhood memories of crawling around the roots of the giant fig tree in Santa Barbara.

[bikerchick68]

those tree pics are amazing.... this sounds like a really wonderful group! I like to go out and hammer sometimes... but I ride for the joy of it... and am perfectly content riding 12 mph sometimes just to enjoy the summer breeze, the birds and the scenery... and the no drop policy is very helpful for a newbie wanting to try their first group ride! thanks for sharing that...

and I like the hell ride concept... I would love to start a touring group too... but alas, the scenery here is not so great... and the traffic is helacious! I hope it works for you...

[allabouteva]

Hey Nanci, et al,

Of course I had to post the famous Ode to the Tree in this thread. Enjoy :

Tree Poem


I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree,

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God aft day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.


Joyce Kilmer