Complete With Ducks, Here Is the Only Pond In the Area. This Used To Be the Town Park,

…But Continues As a Picnic Area With A Very Commercialized “Drive-Thru Redwood Tree”.

…This is The Top Local “Touristy Attraction”!

…“[Farther on at Leggett] we see a tourist duck pond and we buy Cracker Jacks and throw them to the ducks and he does this in the most unhappy way I have ever seen. ” (Cont Next)

Duck Pond at Drive Thru Tree Leggett, CA. . As a remnant of the 1920’s, this “Drive-Thru Redwood Tree”, is a giant redwood tree, with a hole carved in it for cars to drive through. I remember seeing old 20’s postcards showing trees like this.
…Based on his other statements about natural environment “tourist attractions”, we may deduce that the Narrator would be quite disgusted with the “Drive-Thru Redwood Tree”
… ZMM makes no mention of this tree in spite of (or perhaps because of) the fact that 1) The other tourists are obviously thrilled by this novelty and what I would call a “violation” of nature, and 2) This is an obvious local landmark.
…Like other tourist facilities (or things the Narrator doesn’t like), it is pointedly unmentioned in ZMM!!

…I have decided not to show here my photos of this tree. In fact, I am in a quandary whether to even to show any of my photos of this tree in My Personal Experiences Album elsewhere in ZMMQG. Let me know your opinion.
…Just for the record, I had to pay the fee to enter the park, but I did not personally go thru the “tunnel” in the tree. I was interested to see the new wood growth around the cut edges of the tunnel. This new growth, now about 2.5 inches thick, is curving around the edge of the “hole”. The tree has worked for at least 70 years trying to close-up this opening, but otherwise seems to be able to survive!
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