Stayed in San Fran the first few days then headed up the coast to Oregon, staying a day or few along the route, stayed in Yosemite for 5 days then came back down the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains on the trip, and lodging back down to San Fran. We were taken deep off trail in the two big species and had tree scientist lecture on the whole community of these ecosystems. The husband and wife pair of professors from Humbolt have been in National Geographic for their life long research in the canopies of the sequoias and now the root communities.
This Dendrology Society are full of wealthy people from all over the world. Wealthy people can be on the ride side or our Natural Resources. Real tree huggers. And they loved their wine and fine lodging. I benefitted greatly. It was a gift to show appreciation of a career teaching the Forests and their importance to youngun’s that will get out and protect and manage this precious resource.
Impressed with your use of the Latin binomial nomenclature.
Well done. My Students had to learn 110 species by Latin name, leaves and in winter twigs, buds and bark, even taste and smell for some species.
Wildlifer’s had to do the same with mammals, birds, fish, bugs, reptiles as well as trees.
You leave there speaking a whole different language.
Yea, my career was the best I could ever had wished for. And the Navy and GI bill made it possible. Without a mountain of debt. Not much pay at all, 60 hour weeks, but I learned to live on very little. And raise a daughter alone. Which is great training for retirement.
And the gift of that trip was an amazing icing on the cake.
Gotta get back the big trees without a crowd and on my time schedule. Hang in Muir, I am coming. I hear those mountains calling me back.
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