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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / May 2006Where is these places?
Hello all, I am wanting to know where these two places are. Does anyone know? 1. http://home.att.net/~ctbarbarin/files/island_mountainside.jpg I came across this pix in a Power Point I found at school so I copied it. 2. Isn't there a place, maybe in Redwood NP, where a tree straddles the road and you can drive under it? If anyone knows where these two places and can post detailed location/directions, it will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Conan > Hello all, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > 2. Isn't there a place, maybe in Redwood NP, where a tree straddles the road and you can drive under it? Yosemite National Park. > If anyone knows where these two places and can post detailed location/directions, it will be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Conan > 1. http://home.att.net/~ctbarbarin/files/island_mountainside.jpg I came > across this pix in a Power Point I found at school so I copied it. I think that photo is from the trail on the east side of Lake Tahoe viewing the lake towards the southwest > 2. Isn't there a place, maybe in Redwood NP, where a tree straddles the > road and you can drive under it? Northern California around Redwood NP has many of trees that you can drive thru. Most are on private land that you pay to drive thru. Someone else said Yosemite, but I have not seen Redwood trees in Yosemite... Al >> 1. http://home.att.net/~ctbarbarin/files/island_mountainside.jpg I came >> across this pix in a Power Point I found at school so I copied it. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > thru. Most are on private land that you pay to drive thru. Someone else > said Yosemite, but I have not seen Redwood trees in Yosemite... Al I don't know what kind of tree it is, but here's a pic from national park service site. http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/albright3/chap7b.htm Also, do a google image search on Chandelier Tree. > "NoSpam_aljimenez@yahoo.com" <nowhere@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > Northern California around Redwood NP has many of trees that you can drive [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/albright3/chap7b.htm That was the Wawona Tree (giant sequoia) at Mariposa Grove in Yosemite. I believe it's still there, but not quite vertical. It feel down in the late 60's. The following gallery has the Tunnel Tree in Mariposa Grove, which can be walked through. <http://gallery.outel.org/YosemiteMayHalfDiveWawona/2f041_006> Someone was kind enough to put the picture of what the Wawona Tree looks like now: <http://harrison.rebecca.users.btopenworld.com/yosemite.htm> > > 1. http://home.att.net/~ctbarbarin/files/island_mountainside.jpg I came > > across this pix in a Power Point I found at school so I copied it. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > thru. Most are on private land that you pay to drive thru. Someone else said > Yosemite, but I have not seen Redwood trees in Yosemite... Al Coast redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) only thrive in relatively low altitude areas near the coast. They grow along the West Coast from maybe Santa Cruz up to the middle of Oregon. Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) are found at higher alititudes in the Sierra Nevada range. There aren't really any standing sequioas that can be driven through. Apparently there was one in the Mariposa Grove in Yosemite, but it fell down in the late 60's. There's are several fallen trees that have been cut out. I seem to recall there was a fallen tree that could be driven over. The following has a pic of Tunnel Log at Sequoia National Park: <http://www.nps.gov/seki/tlog_pic.htm> Here's the FAQ answer from Sequoia/King's Canyon NPs: <http://www.nps.gov/seki/2trees.htm> ** ** "Why not cut a new tunnel tree?" many visitors suggest, when they discover that the Wawona Tree can no longer be driven through. Times change, however, and actions proper for one generation may not fit the needs and goals of a succeeding generation. Our expectations of national parks have changed immensely during the past half century. When our national parks were young, cutting tunnels through sequoia trees was a way to popularize the parks and gain support for their protection. In those early days, national parks usually were managed to protect individual features rather than to protect the integrity of the complete environment. Today, we realize that our national parks represent some of the last primeval landscapes in America, and our goal in the parks is to allow nature to run its course with as little interference from man as possible. Tunnel trees had their time and place in the early history of our national parks. But today sequoias which are standing healthy and whole are worth far more. I really like your explanation of the Natinal Parks and the desire to keep them as natural as possible. However, two years ago I drove thru a giant Redwood after paying the land-owner $4 somewhere near Hwy 101 near the coast of northern California, so there are trees that you can drive thru on private land... Al > There aren't really any standing sequioas that can be driven through. > Apparently there was one in the Mariposa Grove in Yosemite, but [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > national parks. But today sequoias which are standing healthy > and whole are worth far more. > I really like your explanation of the Natinal Parks and the desire to keep > them as natural as possible. However, two years ago I drove thru a giant > Redwood after paying the land-owner $4 somewhere near Hwy 101 near the coast > of northern California, so there are trees that you can drive thru on > private land... Al Certainly it's not illegal for a private landowner who could otherwise cut down trees for lumber to do that. It's generally against current National Park Service policy to damage a large tree as a tourist attraction though. I don't know how many people would seek out remote private areas to do something like drive through a tree. I went through Tunnel Tree at Sequoia NP years ago. It probably wasn't too bad an idea since they would have otherwise just cut out the part of the tree that blocked the road or just hauled the tree completely away. Here's a bunch of (mostly) standing tunnel trees and treehouses. <http://www.alamedainfo.com/redwood_tree_ca.htm> >I really like your explanation of the Natinal Parks and the desire to keep >them as natural as possible. However, two years ago I drove thru a giant >Redwood after paying the land-owner $4 somewhere near Hwy 101 near the coast >of northern California, so there are trees that you can drive thru on >private land... Al Hi, That place is about 15-30 miles south of Crescent City. It's a little south of Mystic Trees or Trees of Mystery, can't remember the name, but it has a statue of Paul Bunyon and Babe out front. The drive through tree is on private property and costs $4.00 to go through it's only a few hundred feet off the highway. It's a coastal sequoia or redwood tree. Take care and Happy Campin...  SignatureRichA "We Get Too Soon Olde and Too Late Smart" >>I really like your explanation of the Natinal Parks and the desire to keep >>them as natural as possible. However, two years ago I drove thru a giant [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > few hundred feet off the highway. It's a coastal sequoia or redwood > tree. Yes, that's my recollection too RichA. We camped near the ocean along a river end, took a jetboat tour there also and saw bald eagles and bears... Al > Take care and Happy Campin... >>1. http://home.att.net/~ctbarbarin/files/island_mountainside.jpg I came >>across this pix in a Power Point I found at school so I copied it. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > thru. Most are on private land that you pay to drive thru. Someone else said > Yosemite, but I have not seen Redwood trees in Yosemite... Al http://www.drivethrutree.com/ >>>1. http://home.att.net/~ctbarbarin/files/island_mountainside.jpg I came >>>across this pix in a Power Point I found at school so I copied it. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> else said Yosemite, but I have not seen Redwood trees in Yosemite... Al > http://www.drivethrutree.com/ And if you have not seen the redwoods in Yosemite, look harder. Mariposa Grove near Wawona has the Giant Sequoias. There was a drive thru tree years ago, but fell down on the late 1960's. You could not drive through it for a long time before that. I remember as a kid, doing the drive through. there is a walk through tree in the grove. > "Marymargm" <mynamegoeshere@murrayranch.com> wrote in message > >> Northern California around Redwood NP has many of trees that you can [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > long time before that. I remember as a kid, doing the drive through. there > is a walk through tree in the grove. However - Yosemite had giant sequoias and the coast had coast redwoods. Perhaps it's a fine distinction, but I think of giant sequoias and coast redwoods as different, and I think the reference to "not seen Redwood trees in Yosemite" is accurate. >> "Marymargm" <mynamegoeshere@murrayranch.com> wrote in message >> >> Northern California around Redwood NP has many of trees that you can [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > coast redwoods as different, and I think the reference to "not seen > Redwood trees in Yosemite" is accurate. They are both redwood trees. Of the same species. At one time they were even found in China. Only thing that saved the Giant Sequoia Redwood from massive cutting for lumber, is they were so big, that they shattered on being felled. Not much usable lumber from the remains. Most of the Sierras is 2nd growth as an immense amount was cut for the gold mines. The Tahoe basin was almost denuded for the Comstock area. > >> "Marymargm" <mynamegoeshere@murrayranch.com> wrote in message > >> >> Northern California around Redwood NP has many of trees that you can [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > is 2nd growth as an immense amount was cut for the gold mines. The Tahoe > basin was almost denuded for the Comstock area. They're not of the same species, although I understand the common mistake of referring to a giant sequoia as "a redwood tree". What I understand about giant sequoia is that they've typically been used for making shake roof shingles, although that's out of favor these days because of fire risk. <http://www.conifers.org/cu/se/index.htm> "Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endlicher 1847 Common Names Coast redwood, redwood, California redwood (Little 1980), coasta sequoia, palo colorado." <http://www.conifers.org/cu/se2/index.htm> "Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindley) J.Buchholz 1939 Common Names Giant sequoia, bigtree, Sierra-redwood (Watson 1993)." And finally the "dawn redwood" that I think you were referring to. They're still there, although quite as big as the giant sequoia or coast redwood. <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/08/02/HO251691.DTL> <http://www.conifers.org/cu/me/index.htm> "Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu et Cheng 1948 Common Names Dawn redwood, water fir, water larch (Dallimore et al. 1967), SHUI SHAN [Chinese] (literally, water China-fir) (Cheng and Fu 1978)." If you want to, you can buy dawn redwood seedlings. Some have even been formed into bonsai. <http://www.localharvest.org/store/item.jsp?id=6034> The Photo is most definitely Lake Tahoe. The water is so clear that at the edges near sandy beaches it looks like the Caribbean. Not sure where exactly but definitely Tahoe. J Here is another pic of the same place: <http://velonews.com/galleries/contest5a/Contemplating%20Lake%20Tahoe%20from%20th e%20Flume%20Trail%20-%20by%20Eric%20O'Brien.jpg> Sorry for the tripple post but I am posting info as I find it...It is taken from the Flume trail. same link to pic but with some more info. <http://velonews.com/galleries/contest5a/Contemplating%20Lake%20Tahoe%20from%20th e%20Flume%20Trail%20-%20by%20Eric%20O'Brien.html> some more pics of the same place...the hook at the lake is called Sand Harbor apparently. <http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://arnica.csustan.edu/mtbike/Tahoe_4/ images/flume2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://arnica.csustan.edu/mtbike/Tahoe_4/&h=600&w=80 0&sz=127&tbnid=rTqX6IuxKPqamM:&tbnh=106&tbnw=142&hl=en&start=1&prev=/images%3Fq% 3Dflume%2Btrail%26hl%3Den%26lr%3Dlang_en%26safe%3Doff> <http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.theflumetrail.com/tours/flume_ solo.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.theflumetrail.com/tours/&h=361&w=410&sz=37&tbnid=i oHxyp-udFSTsM:&tbnh=106&tbnw=121&hl=en&start=6&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dflume%2Btrail% 26hl%3Den%26lr%3Dlang_en%26safe%3Doff> <http://images.art.com/images/-/Rich-Reid/Dan-McCoy-biking-the-Flume-Trail-overlo oking-Lake-Tahoe-from-the-east--C10237965.jpeg> <http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.zdap.com/general/flume_trail_w eb_2005/thumbnails/flume_trail_2005.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.zdap.com/racereport s/viewtopic.php%3Ft%3D4961&h=240&w=180&sz=12&tbnid=01XJE6_v5fVTXM:&tbnh=104&tbnw =78&hl=en&start=52&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dflume%2Btrail%26start%3D40%26hl%3Den%26lr% 3Dlang_en%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN> there it is... just Google-search "Flume Trail" and you'll have more info than you cna shake a hiking stick at. J > Hello all, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > 2. Isn't there a place, maybe in Redwood NP, where a tree straddles the road and you can drive under it? One of these should help. http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/CAPHItree.html http://www.redwood.national-park.com/sights.htm#dri http://www.travel-notes.org/redwds.html >> Hello all, >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > http://www.redwood.national-park.com/sights.htm#dri > http://www.travel-notes.org/redwds.html I mean come on folks. Where are these places? or Where is this place? > Where are these places? or Where is this place? Get over yourself, Ed. When I originally wrote this post, I was going to ask about 1 place (my subject was "Where is this place?"). But in the process of writing it, I remembered that there was another one as well. In the process of writing this post, finding a pix on my computer, uploading it to the Internet, I went back and changed the subject line. Unfortunatly, doing many things at once, I was distracted and changed "this place" to "these places" without reading the whole subject line. Obviously, I didn't proof read my post (or have 5 other people proof read it) before sending it. I noticed my mistake just a minute or 2 after I sent it. I thought about posting a reply explaining myself, but then changed my mind. I guess it is a good thing that potential employment or a grade in a class doesn't depend on this post, only the risk of being nit-picked by some jerk-off with too much time on their hands. It must be nice to be perfect and never have made a mistake before. Something else to think about. Since these NG's are online and are accessible by people all over the world, "Where is these places?" could vey likely happen from a person for whom English is a 2nd, 3rd, or 4th language. Anyone want to start a pool to see if Ed will nit-pick my spelling and grammar in this post. I'm not even going to bother to proof read or spell check it just to get on his nerves. There were 8 people who posted 17 replies and were kind enough to ignore my mistake. I guess we finally found the one who isn't. Looks like Lake Tahoe. >> Hello all, >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > http://www.redwood.national-park.com/sights.htm#dri > http://www.travel-notes.org/redwds.html >>> Hello all, >>> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> > Looks like Lake Tahoe. Bingo, this image is posted on the webpage below (or it was when I emailed this out) http://remote.ucdavis.edu/tahoe_location.asp Aaron > Hello all, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Conan Looks like pictures of Juneau, AK I've seen from folks traveling up that way. The terrain looks similar in these pictures on Google: http://images.google.com/images?q=Juneau,+AK&hl=en&lr=&rls=com.netscape:en-US&sa =X&oi=images&ct=title Lindakay >>Hello all, >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Lindakay Hello Linda, Those pictures you provided are very beautiful. The one Conan had is also very nice. I would love to see some views like those and soon I will. SignatureBILL P. Just Me & DOG |
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