Protected in a NP in WA these days - in the old days we once drove right up to this tree and parked our car inside it - sheer stupidity and environmental vandalism! Older, and hopefully wiser now.... :)
There is a tree in Yosemite NP that they actually routed the road through, so you had no choice. That is gone now. Hopefully we are learning to appreciate these beauties. I love your capture, the way you framed the man on the other side.
@ankers70 Hi Suzanne. Yes, we were quite amazed at how relaxed they are at letting people drive nearly anywhere on the beaches. Maybe it's tied up with the smaller populations - we're really restricted up here - too dangerous for beach goers and too environmentally unkind. Having said that - we actually saw very few cars on beaches in most places. :)
Sometimes those things were done out of ignorance- no one ever really thought about what they were doing and there was so much abundance in nature they didn't even consider things could run out or die out. We've come a long way but there are still stupid people that do things just because they want to- like driving on the beach. Anyway... this is a cool shot. I like how you've framed Errol in the tree.
@olivetreeann Thanks Ann - and that's so true - when we parked our car there it never occurred to us that it would damage the tree. And looking at it now, it's so much better - you see the tree in it's natural environment and realize how truly enormous it is compared to all the others. Thanks for your sensible thoughts! Cheers Rob
September 15th, 2023
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