ENTS
Well, today it was time to unravel the mystery on the shrunken
tuliptree on the Montpelier estate. What did Bob do wrong? I did make
the mistake that Lee described, i.e. Shoot one twig with the laser and
take the angle of another.
Today it was get it right time. What a job! However, after many
shots, I settled on 166.1 feet, the exact height I got on my first
attempt on Sunday. There may be a higher point, but I can't confirm it.
Monica and I walked the network of trails and I sampled the
tulips near the ridge top. There are many 150s in the legacy forest.
Here is a summary of all the tall tulips from 3 visits.
166.1, 163.0, 161.2, 161.0, 160.7, 156.4, 155.4, 153.8, 153.6,
153.6, 152.8, and 144.1.
I shot but did not record three additional tulips over 150. They
are all over the place. Also, I didn't find Will's tall tree, which is
another inthe 160 group and still the tallest.
The 166.1 x 13.8 is the James Madison tulip. The 163.0 x 12.5
is the Dolly Madison tulip. Both trees are easily located and could be
pointed out by a tour guide.
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