After a bit of a let down at the Steel’s Tavern Oaks, my dear niece and I swung by to visit this big live oak. Seeing it again, I felt a sense of progress remembering the trepidation I felt beginning this project.

I knew it was an amazing specimen the first time I saw it, but now after finding others from the book, the grandeur of its wide spread and the bulky heft of its trunk was even more impressive. Unlike many which have been roped off, you can walk right under the canopy of this live oak and observe its interesting branching structure which is not visible from a distance.