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Published: September 9th 2009
When: Labor day weekend :: 5th Sep - 7th Sep
Where: The lakes at Mammoth :: Devils postpile in the Eastern Sierras :: Ancient bristle cone forest in the White mountains
Dreaming of visiting the place we'd always wanted to visit, we set out early saturday morning. The place is a good 7 hr drive from where we call home.
Our so-far-trust-worthy cell phone alarm failed & we woke up 1 hr late to le...
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Kathy H
Methuselah was not marked
I'm sure it was disappointing for you, not being able to see the oldest tree, but it was probably the best thing for the tree to protect it from idiots. It can't be replaced once it's gone. We have an ancient species of pine in Australia, the Woolamai Pine, that was thought to be extinct and was found growing in a single valley in the Northern Territory. Botanists decided that the best way to protect it was to propagate as many as possible and make then readily available so that plant collectors would not want it for its rarity and dig it up or damage it. That wouldn't work for Methuselah, as his age is the attraction. You had some wonderful scenery on your trip. I enjoyed reading about it. Very different to Australia.