http://thorodinview.blogspot.com/2012/12/walk-by-trail-side-christmas-tree.html
Well, I'm sorry to report that the tree is no more.
Over the last two weeks, a group of about 4 lumberjacks hired by the forest service came through and did a massive amount of thinning of the sunny side of Winiger Ridge.
When it was all done, I noticed that the "Christmas Tree" had been cut down and chopped into pieces.
Here's the scene:
All of this thinning is supposed to reduce fire danger. But it comes at the price that the thinned forest looks like destruction zone for a while.
