About 10 minutes before 7 p.m. on Thursday, 19 June 2008 the tree that took out the outhouse finished its descent. Earlier in the day, whilst I was buzzing Drox's old bald head, we heard a loud crack and the outhouse gave up its valiant fight, falling face first onto the ground, losing its roof completely and spewing National Geographics and Reader's Digests as it went. (Sometime after 1000 and before 1100). Three minutes another loud crack and a shower of branches signaled the further fall of the tree. Eight to ten minutes later alot more cracking of branches and it settled more definitely into the branches of the trees downhill and away from the trailer... kinda towards the resting place of the green monster. Then peace for almost eight hours was followed by a loud crack and a thunderous crash as it took its final plunge to the earth.
Ddonn enlisted ElCid and Drox and the fallen giant was measured... 100 feet (and that is with the tip broken off). Its major claim to fame* is wiping out the facilities at Grammy's house I hope it was worth the 15 minutes*!
We leave to return to civilization in an hour or less!
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