Tallest pines on earth?

[gf beranek]

If my bearings are correct, Willie, I touched into the Rouge River wilderness through some FS roads just northwest of Grants Pass. Only about an hour out of town. High ground. Gained altitude all the way there. I was with Michael Oxman who lived in GP at the time. In fact he had something to do with nominating the tree and has his name in a list of many on a bronze plaque nearby the tree.

 

[sotc]

Sounds about right, near the wild and scenic portion of the Rogue. Thats where the Kim family from San Francisco got stuck and the dad died. Beautiful, steep country

 

[gf beranek]

That it is. Be about 7 hours from Bragg. Pretty easy and beautiful drive all the way.

 

[sotc]

If you wanna come up some time let me know, we can go snooping around!

 

[gf beranek]

No harm in snooping. Least we be leaving a trail of bread crumbs no one is sure to follow. Always fun to go scouting.

 

[mdvaden]

Darth Vaden would sense a disturbance in the Force.

Fattig's article really grew legs. We were getting emails and calls from as far as San Diego.

Taylor went back for another interview with a guy from KOBI 5 last week, and he said afterward they (he and I think Callahan) found what should be a new Oregon Ponderosa champion on the AF point system, to add on top of the Pondies Taylor and I found up there in January.

We explored Red Buttes Wilderness the past few weeks too, and Umpqua National Forest. So we were all over the map east of Canyonville and west of Grants Pass.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Well hey there, Mario. Long time no see.

 

[mdvaden]

Well hey there, Mario. Long time no see.

You never have seen me - lol.

Maybe the most amusing article of the winter, was one in January about the rivalry between Ferndale, California and Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, over who has the world's tallest live Christmas Tree.

The ball started rolling when a Humboldt Visitors Center guy mentioned the Ferndale tree to me. And we stopped by in December to measure it with a laser rangefinder. I got just over a foot more than the 150 feet tall it was supposed to be. 151.26 feet tall. Then their firemen came up with over 160 feet the first week of January. So I called the Idaho newspaper. Didn't realize how spontaneously it would snowball though. Figured they would wait for the next winter.

http://www.cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_a427d57c-44eb-5abf-adf5-63024c2a049a.html

 

[Old Monkey]

Eek its Darth Vaden!

 

[MasterBlaster]

But you can't see him.

 

[squisher]

Jedi's don't need to see. Just use the force.

 

[Knotahippie]

Legendary!

 

[mdvaden]

Yep I know .I'll give him that, he's got to have a PHD in chit stirring though because he certainly has annoyed a bunch of people .

Looking at your post, it appears like you possess exclusive ownership of the stirring spoons.

 

[squisher]

I think everyone has the spoons, it's just how often one dips their's into the pot.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

ANd here I thought it was all in the wrist when you were stirring