~On Blue Bayou~

Looks to me like a dead Monterey Cypress Tree.

Now sing it if ya know it...

I'm going back someday

Come what may

To Blue Bayou

Where the folks are fine

And the world is mine

On Blue Bayou

Where those fishing boats

With their sails afloat

If I could only see

That familiar sunrise

Through sleepy eyes

How happy I'd be

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yF2Dz3F3Ls

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~The Lonely Tree~

The Lone Tree is a famous Monterey Cypress Tree on the famous 17 mile scenic drive.

Wiki

The Lone Cypress is a Monterey cypress tree in Pebble Beach, California. Standing on a granite hillside off the 17-Mile Drive, the tree is a Western icon, and has been called one of the most photographed trees in North America. It is located between Cypress Point Golf Course and the Pebble Beach Golf Links, two of world's best-known golf courses. Possibly as old as 250 years, the cypress has been scarred by fire and has been held in place with cables for 65 years.

The Monterey cypress grows naturally only in Pebble Beach and Point Lobos.[1]

A drawing of the tree was registered as Pebble Beach Company's trademark in 1919. The company said the trademark protected not only the logo but also the tree itself.

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~Oh Lonesome Me~

♫ Everybody's going out and having fun ♫

♪ I'm just a fool for staying home and having none ♪

♬ I can't get over how she set me free ♬

♩♩ Oh, lonesome me ♩♩

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Cupressus macrocarpa, (now classed as Hesperocyparis macrocarpa), commonly known as Monterey cypress, is a species of cypress native to the Central Coast of California. The native range of the species was confined to two small relict populations, at Cypress Point in Pebble Beach and at Point Lobos near Carmel, California.

The two native cypress forest stands are protected, within Point Lobos State Reserve and Del Monte Forest. The natural habitat is noted for its cool, moist summers, almost constantly bathed by sea fog.

It grows to heights of up to 133 feet in perfect growing conditions, and its trunk diameter can reach over 9 feet. The foliage grows in dense sprays which are bright green in color and release a deep lemony aroma when crushed. The leaves are scale-like, 2–5 mm long, and produced on rounded (not flattened) shoots; seedlings up to a year old have needle-like leaves 4–8 mm long.

It has been widely reported that individual C. macrocarpa trees may be up to 2,000 years old, but this is disputed by botanists, and the longest-lived report based on physical evidence is of a tree 284 years old.

When planted in areas with hot summers, for example in interior California away from the coastal fog belt, Monterey cypress has proved highly susceptible to cypress canker, caused by the fungus Seiridium cardinale, and rarely survives more than a few years. This disease is not a problem where summers are cool.[13]

~The Lonely Tree...Part 2~

looks better bigger view, as you can see more details...

Im not sure why they call it the Lone Cypress when its clearly not alone...Anyways here's a close-up. You can also see the bricks they added as long with the cables to support this tree.

The Lone Tree is a famous Monterey Cypress Tree on the famous 17 mile scenic drive.

Wiki

The Lone Cypress is a Monterey cypress tree in Pebble Beach, California. Standing on a granite hillside off the 17-Mile Drive, the tree is a Western icon, and has been called one of the most photographed trees in North America. It is located between Cypress Point Golf Course and the Pebble Beach Golf Links, two of world's best-known golf courses. Possibly as old as 250 years, the cypress has been scarred by fire and has been held in place with cables for 65 years.

The Monterey cypress grows naturally only in Pebble Beach and Point Lobos.[1]

A drawing of the tree was registered as Pebble Beach Company's trademark in 1919. The company said the trademark protected not only the logo but also the tree itself.

#RigsRocks #LoneCypress #Monterey #CentralCoast #SpanishBay #MontereyCypress #CupressusMacrocarpa #HesperocyparisMacrocarpa #PebbleBeach #LifeExpectancy2000yo #SeventeenMileDrive #PacificGrove