Tree/snow event
Take your slices of snow et. al. to Big Sur. Climb until you find a
madrone tree. Remove the bark, fill and eat. When sated, (not seated, but
standing) sing "The Lumberjack Song" as loudly as possible.
(Everything you ever wanted to know about the madrone is below)
http://biology.fullerton.edu/courses/biol_445/web/madrone.htm
At 10:50 AM 02/18/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>> Then the whole
>> thing ground to a halt when not only could I not find a
>> madrone tree, but I
>> didn't even know what it was.
>
>If I remember correctly from 6th grade camp, a madrone is a local
>(California) tree with distinctive red bark, part of the chaparral
>vegetation. I don't think it's very big; it's more like a large bush. Most
>of the local trees are shaped like scrub, kind of random, sprawly, and oaky,
>unlike the tall straight things that grow in the mountains or most other
>places.
>
>Adam
>
>
