An explanation about the tree. Paul, Mark and I hiked to the "Big Tree" in Mellors Canyon last summer and discovered that the tree had died. Notice how high about the other trees it had grown. The surrounding trees are about 50 feet high. We know it was much larger than the saws could cut in 1920, so it was pretty big then. I wonder how old it is. I'm adding a photo of the tulips in my yard 2012, and one of Mark and Paul by the big tree. (I hope)