Adam Paul

Posted in Hiking, Nature, Photography, Wordless Wednesday | 16 Comments

16 Responses

1. on 29 April, 2009 at 15:05 | Reply Red

   Does anyone else see the old lady of the tree in picture #5?

   Or is it just me and I’m nuts?

   Great images Adam… and of course I’d expect no less. I’ve wine-tasted at Stevenot as well. Yum Have you tried Twisted Oak? I haven’t yet, just heard about it recently.

   
   
   • on 1 May, 2009 at 08:22 | Reply Adam R. Paul

     Thanks! We haven’t been to Twisted Oak yet. Actually there are a lot of wineries around Murphys that we haven’t been to. We usually just go to Stevenot & Bodega del Sur (formerly Com e Bella) since we know we like them.

     
     
2. on 30 April, 2009 at 04:03 | Reply Jennifer Schlick

   Stunning. Oh, I want to see those trees someday…

   
   
   • on 1 May, 2009 at 08:25 | Reply Adam R. Paul

     They’re awesome to be sure. Although I’ve done this hike probably close to 100 times, I never tire of treading among these giants

     
     
3. on 30 April, 2009 at 07:40 | Reply montucky

   I love to see those trees!

   
   
   • on 1 May, 2009 at 08:26 | Reply Adam R. Paul

     You & me both

     
     
4. on 30 April, 2009 at 18:23 | Reply Donald Kinney

   Super nice shots…
   And the Big Trees is a place I haven’t been since I was a kid… And yep, my father was pissed about having to pay money to do it, but we drove our 1947 Pontiac through the “Drive-Thru” tree… I agree totally, but got a chuckle at how you put it: “stupid human tricks”…

   
   
   • on 1 May, 2009 at 08:29 | Reply Adam R. Paul

     I’ve driven or been driven through a few of the drive through trees too (there are at least 3 that I know of in CA, one still drive-through’able). Relics of a different era, thankfully

     
     
5. on 1 May, 2009 at 16:47 | Reply ankush

   awesome! loved the b&ws

   
   
   • on 2 May, 2009 at 20:05 | Reply Adam R. Paul

     Thanks, Ankush!

     
     
6. on 2 May, 2009 at 08:52 | Reply Mary Carlson

   Interesting that Red pointed out the old woman in picture #5. I never would have noticed it if she hadn’t referred to it. Chalk it up to creative imagination. Nice going, Red! Funny how I don’t think I’ve ever been to Big Trees, but I have seen the sequoias in Sequoia Nat Park. They are so awesome. My opinion of those “stupid human tricks” — that was a good way to “advertise” some of Mother Nature’s best features, especially during those days when travel and vacationing were not the norm. Those were the days when preservation and conservation were not your ordinary everyday vocabulary. We are a much better educated population nowadays – yet I still see a lot of stupidity going on. ;o)

   
   
   • on 2 May, 2009 at 20:08 | Reply Adam R. Paul

     Yeah, I didn’t notice it until she mentioned it either.

     I agree with you inasmuch as the several drive through trees did serve in some way to get people interested in nature, but IMO the skinned “Mother of the Forest” (the “Ruin” above) is totally inexusable. Even in that less conservation-minded time, people were outraged that the tree was skinned alive.

     
     
7. on 4 May, 2009 at 17:55 | Reply Bernie Kasper

   Great shots Adam, and I thought the giant sycamore in my backyard was big (118′) it wouldn’t even be half their height !!

   I also see the women in the image, neat shots !!

   
   
   • on 5 May, 2009 at 22:23 | Reply Adam R. Paul

     Thanks, Bernie! Funny that folks are seeing a woman – I sort of do now, but certainly didn’t when I composed the image!

     
     
8. on 12 May, 2009 at 17:43 | Reply mon@rch

   Amazing Wood Photos!

   
   
   • on 16 May, 2009 at 08:33 | Reply Adam R. Paul

     Thanks, Tom!