Happy Fathers Day!

For mothers day I posted several photos of the flowers in the area, for my dad, I will post some photos of trees, of which there are plenty around here. There is a law apparently in the national forests of the US that you are not allowed to cut down dead trees nor remove fallen deadwood (this would drive Dad nuts). It provides a whole bunch of nice dry firewood and most of the people around here believe its only a matter of time before this place goes up in flames. Several fires have come close and you can see the burn areas on the tops of mountains around here that are slowly growing back. So, here they are, a few photos of trees for Dad. Happy Fathers day!

I think this is a fallen Aligator Juniper tree, which apparently burns very easily and it smells great

Under a tree

Roots hold up large rocks over a stream bed

A twisted old tree on a hill

Two Apache Pines are left of center, you can actually see part of an old burn (1996 I think) on the mountain in the background, its somewhat sparse on top.

Hope everyone has a great day