Big Red

"Big Red" Ponderosa

Maria and I recently spent a nice Sunday on a road bike ride from La Pine State Park.  Within this large park sits "Big Red"; presumably Oregon's largest Ponderosa Pine.  While not tall, it's girth is impressive.  It is a bit sad to contemplate what the Cascade east slope pine forests must have been like prior to rapid logging in the early 20th century.  I bet there were numerous Much Bigger Reds back then.