Big excitement. Mr. Troutbend was hiking back of the house today and discovered a dead tree had been blown down and is leaning on the main phone line.



We don't know how long it has been this way, but fortunately it missed the smaller line and is leaning against the big, thick heavy line, which is the telephone line between Loveland and Estes Park, Colorado.



Mr. Tbend says when the tree first fell it wasn't near the wires, but then the part that is now pointing upwards snapped off the base near the ground and flopped over onto the wire.

Here are the roots of the tree and the base.


It looks a lot bigger from a distance. Mr. Tbend was talking about chains and ropes and come-alongs as if he was contemplating dealing with it himself, but I called the phone company about it. They act like I'm talking about some small branch that is threatening the phone line to my house. I can't wait until they see what is really going on; they'll wish they'd sent someone to look it today instead of waiting until tomorrow when it is going to snow 2 to 7 inches.

Here is the view from up by the roots. That is me sitting on a rock so I don't slide down the steep slope.