I love visiting LaPine State Park and the surrounding area. Great place to camp, hike and explore. I missed seeing the Big Tree though. 🌳 😮 I'll have to make another trip there and check it out. Your videos are so helpful for me and my family when planning vacation trips. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge.
Excellent information and footage. A great thing about Oregon State Parks is that they allow us to fly drones from/in them, really helps to capture the amazing height and also show the damage to the Big Tree from where the crown came off. As for the music vs no-music, probably depends on the video - in this one the sounds of nature worked perfectly.
Great piece of living Oregon history! I have been in native or in my whole life and I always learned something new watching your videos! Keep up the good work!🎬📽️
Thanks for putting this together. I think knowing our biggest and best and letting others know about them is important for realizing and preserving our shared natural heritage. My hat is off to you sir.
Thank you for this beautiful video! Me and my husband love to explore Washington and Oregon in search of truly exceptional trees. It's one of our favorite outdoor activities. Ponderosa pines are a favorite tree of mine. I especially like the vanilla-like smell of the bark. I'll have to make a trip to see this tree! Recently we went to Clear Lake in Oregon, the headwaters of the McKenzie River not far from Santiam Pass, and were astonished at the size of the trees surrounding this stunning, crystal-clear blue lake. The conifers around the lake were miraculously spared from the logging that has diminished tree size in forests all over the west. These particular trees, Douglas fir and lodgepole pine, seem to be thriving in spite of the harsh lave flows they grow on and near, and they are huge.
To answer your question, I prefer no music. It's not that your choices are offensive to me, it's that the sounds of nature on your hikes are real music to my ears. I'm just north of you in the Hillsboro area and live and work on a very busy highway. The topics of several of your videos has made to my bucket list. I'd like to see more south east Oregon videos from your perspective. You do some research before you go obviously, and your creative production is top notch. It's refreshing to get a few historic notes and a few current. I'd like to see the Pete French round barn in a Matt.Cook.Oregon production.
It's called the largest but it's not! The largest Ponderosas are in the wilderness on the crest are about 25 miles west.. It is however, called the largest by the USDA. Wildland firefighters and Smokejumpers know differently. They just won't tell where the trees are cuz they don't want anybody messing with em..
What do you want to see next? Do you like the slow pace with no music?
I love visiting LaPine State Park and the surrounding area. Great place to camp, hike and explore. I missed seeing the Big Tree though. 🌳 😮 I'll have to make another trip there and check it out. Your videos are so helpful for me and my family when planning vacation trips. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge.
Excellent information and footage. A great thing about Oregon State Parks is that they allow us to fly drones from/in them, really helps to capture the amazing height and also show the damage to the Big Tree from where the crown came off. As for the music vs no-music, probably depends on the video - in this one the sounds of nature worked perfectly.
Great video 👍
Thank you.
Thank you Matt. Beautiful Pine. Have a Blessed Christmas you and your family. 😊
lol. I thought we were going over towards Derick's Cave and the largest Juniper tree in that area.
Great piece of living Oregon history! I have been in native or in my whole life and I always learned something new watching your videos!
Keep up the good work!🎬📽️
Thanks for putting this together. I think knowing our biggest and best and letting others know about them is important for realizing and preserving our shared natural heritage. My hat is off to you sir.
Awesome share
thank you
I always enjoy La Pine State Park. You did a great job capturing the area. It is a grand tree! Great video as always!
You are the best Dude !
Very nice, thank you!
Thank you for this beautiful video! Me and my husband love to explore Washington and Oregon in search of truly exceptional trees. It's one of our favorite outdoor activities. Ponderosa pines are a favorite tree of mine. I especially like the vanilla-like smell of the bark. I'll have to make a trip to see this tree!
Recently we went to Clear Lake in Oregon, the headwaters of the McKenzie River not far from Santiam Pass, and were astonished at the size of the trees surrounding this stunning, crystal-clear blue lake. The conifers around the lake were miraculously spared from the logging that has diminished tree size in forests all over the west. These particular trees, Douglas fir and lodgepole pine, seem to be thriving in spite of the harsh lave flows they grow on and near, and they are huge.
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To answer your question, I prefer no music. It's not that your choices are offensive to me, it's that the sounds of nature on your hikes are real music to my ears. I'm just north of you in the Hillsboro area and live and work on a very busy highway.
The topics of several of your videos has made to my bucket list. I'd like to see more south east Oregon videos from your perspective. You do some research before you go obviously, and your creative production is top notch. It's refreshing to get a few historic notes and a few current.
I'd like to see the Pete French round barn in a Matt.Cook.Oregon production.
It's amazing what's happened to this tree over the years with graffiti,loss of heights due to storms, and, of course, insect damage.
Nice thank you
Now i gotta make a detour next time i'm on the east side. Thanks
Nice, Thanks! (Yup😂 Got'ta be all 'dem ashes (-Cremains😳)! 😂🤣😂)
Pondos are my fav evergreen, wish we had more at high altitude here in the Northern Rockies.
Nice
* If you haven't yet. Do an update about Larch/Tamarack trees. Please.
That big guy resembles the giant sequoias in the sierra.
This is a place I would love to visit! Thank you.
My daughter told me that there were fires out there last year. Was this park affected?
La Pine means ‘The Pine’
It's called the largest but it's not! The largest Ponderosas are in the wilderness on the crest are about 25 miles west..
It is however, called the largest by the USDA. Wildland firefighters and Smokejumpers know differently. They just won't tell where the trees are cuz they don't want anybody messing with em..
I still like big pine in southern Oregon lol you high desert guys and stealing the biggest pine title from our big pine campground.