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A confused tree

Posted by Amanda Tucker,
North Country explorer from Castleton, Vermont
September 25, 2016

I was out with my parents on parents weekend just exploring. All three of us were looking around then my dad came across this strange looking tree. The tree looked as if it was growing on a rock. Now this was a topic of discussion for the next 20 minutes between the three of us. We thought enough soil could have landed there for a sapling to start and as it got older it needed to branch its roots system into something more stable. Then we came across an old mill foundation and it was a ways from the river. We then thought that the mill had to have been very close to the river edge and was about the same distance as the tree. We then came up with a thought that it had been eroded by the river at one point in its live cycle. This led to a very enjoyable afternoon of exploring the trail.