Fallen Trees

Here (above) is the tree we told you about when we first arrived. It had fallen across the road. Lou discovered it while giving us a tour of the property. It is a very large Live Oak located almost at the farthest end of the property (just before the game fence at the end of the loop).


We drove to the top of the hill yesterday to check on things and found three more fallen trees. All were Live Oaks. None of them appear to have been struck by lightning. It looks like they just blew over. They appeared to have been healthy prior to falling over and not a victim of Oak Wilt. I suppose they could have been blown over by a big wind during one of the recent storms. All the area trees are probably under great deal of stress due to the severity of the drought.

I should have had CG stand next to the trees to give you a sense of scale. The two trees in the above photo were large Live Oaks. Located just behind the rectangle of bare dirt (where it looks like a mobile home once sat), they stood side-by-side, about 20 feet apart.


This (above) was a small Live Oak tree which broke off about two feet above the base of the trunk. I suppose it could have been struck by lightning but I did not see any burn or char marks. Its trunk was twisted so most likely it just snapped at the weak point in a high wind.