Complete With Ducks, This Shows The Only Pond In This Area.
…And,Athough, This At One Time May Have Been The Town Park,
…These Days, Continues As a Picnic Area, With A Pay $ To Enter, Very Commercialized “Drive-Thru Redwood Tree”.
…This is clearly The TOP Local “Touristy Attraction”!

The ZMM Narrator Says =>
…“[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 tunnel 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”
…And thus, 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!!

…Originally, I had decided not to show my photos of this tree, in this series of ZMM Book Photos, and was even in a quandary whether to even to show any of my photos of this tree in My Personal Experiences Album, at Blue Link below.. 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!

…But as you can see, have partly changed my mind., and in this series of ZMM Book Photos, just show photos of the “Drive-Thru Redwood Tree”, found on Google Maps.
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DUPLICATE FROM 2ND PREVIOUS PHOTO.
To See FOUR Of Henry Gurr’s 2002 ZMM Trip Photos, Showing The "Drive-Through Redwood Tree” And The Narrator’s “ Tourist Duck Pond ”, Click Here. And, AFTER The FIRST Photo. Comes Up, Read & Study It. Then When Ready, Successively Click On [>>} Upper Right, To Go To The Remaining THREE Photos.
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