From the Redwood Forest

I forgot to mention the Redwood Log House. It was another interesting attraction at the Home. (along with the whisks and steam irons.)

When you think about the age of this tree...wow.  It also makes you wonder...why did they cut it down?

 
It's difficult to get a good size reference.  You can see a man in a black jacket walking up the steps on the left.  Walt Kowalski is over 6 feet tall and he had no problems standing inside.

 

 

It took two men nearly a year to construct this home.

 



It really is a house.

 
It felt like being in a cabin of a small airplane. 

Beautiful wood. The tree was 14 feet in diameter at the stump cut, 267 feet high and 1900 years old. This is the fourth log that was cut from the base of the tree. This log is 33 feet long, 8 feet wide and 9 feet 4 inches in height at the larger end. The photos give you a better idea of the size.

 

The oldest cut tree by actual ring count, had witnessed the passing of 3,126 years!

There is no record of a tree ever having died of old age. The redwood is slow to decay, is fire resistant, and is distasteful to termites, making it one of the finest and yet economical home-building materials.

 

 

 

 

It is difficult to imagine a tree this large.