Tunnel Tree no more…

The Pioneer Cabin Tree, a giant sequoia in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, is one of the more fascinating things you could find in a state park.

Sadly, past tense.

Here’s some very old photographs of it, the first from before she was fully hollowed out in the 1880’s…

Here’s another, different century…

And finally, a more recent shot…

Well, as I stated above, the tree is no more.  Recent bad weather caused the tree to finally fall (article is by Hudson Hongo and found on gizmodo.com)…

After more than 100 years, California’s iconic Tunnel Tree is no more