October 11, 2005 Fortsat fra forrige side ~ Continued from last page Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Ferie Vacation Calaveras Big Trees State Park, California Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Calaveras County, California, is located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, 20 miles east of Angels Camp along Highway 4.

Calaveras Big Trees er endnu en lund af kæmpe rødtræer. Calaveras Big Trees is yet another grove of giant sequoias.     Efterårsfaver ~ Fall Color     Dette træ i Calaveras Big Trees State Park, som først spirede omkring år 600, blev fældet i 1852, så en skive kunne skæres ud af stammen og sendes landet rundt til udstilling i et omrejsende tivoli. Træet var på daværende tidspunkt 100 meter højt, og det tog fem mænd 22 dage at save det igennem. Træstubben, der stod tilbage, var stor nok til, at en dansepavillion blev bygget oven på den, og stammen, der blev liggende hvor den faldt, dannede gulv for et værtshus og bowling center. This tree in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, which first began to grow around 600 A. D., was cut down in 1852, so a slice could be cut out and sent around the country as a carnival attraction. The tree was more than 300 feet tall at the time, and it took five men 22 days to cut it down. The tree stub that remained was large enough that a dance pavillion could be built on it, and the trunk, which remained where it fell, formed the foundation and floor of a bar and bowling alley.

Det er tilsyneladende nemmere at save træer igennem, end at flytte dem. Apparently it is easier to cut the trees in half than it is to move them.     Kæmpe træer, kæmpe kogler ~ Giant trees, giant cones     April, evigt taknemmelige fotograf-offer, sidder på en afsavet gren i Calaveras Big Trees State Park... ikke en træstamme. April, ever the easy photography victim, sitting on a sawed off branch in Calaveras Big Trees State Park... not a tree trunk. Siamesisk træ i Calaveras Big Trees State Park ~ Siamese tree in Calaveras Big Trees State Park Flere efterårsfarver ~ More fall color

Se April inde i træet? Utroligt nok lever træet endnu. Vejen gennem træet blev lavet i 1880'erne. Havde det ikke været lettere at gå udenom? Can you see April in the tree? Incredibly the tree is still alive. The road through the tree was made in the 1880s. Wouldn't it have been easier to go around? Sculptur af rødtræ, Calaveras Big Trees State Park ~ Sculpture from redwood, Calaveras Big Trees State Park.  Egern, der skældte os grundigt ud, efter at være blevet fotograferet - Egernpaparazzierne slår til igen! ~ Squirrel that got good an mad at us, after he had his picture taken - The squirrel paparazzi strike again!

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