Roy's Postcards: 1987/05/23
Inscription:
We visited this fascinating tree. You can look right out the top of it.
Postcard front:
CHIMNEY TREE
Postcard back:
CHIMNEY TREE. With its birth dating to about 500 A.D., this giant of the forest survived a fire in the early 1900's and was topped by a storm to become a shelter for hunters and travelers with its natural venting for a camp fire. It was open to the public in 1943. Circumference is 50.4' and the room inside is approximately 9' x 12'. The Chimney Tree is located on the Avenue of the Giants just south of Phillipsville, California.Photo by Bob von Normann
Leonard's comments:
It was a simpler time.Imagine being a tree, getting gutted by a fire, and then having humans set up a shelter inside of because you've now got "natural venting for a camp fire."
See also: california
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