[Joe 6-pack]

Cool....this is the Cathedral Oak here in Lafayette, LA...

Based on its estimated age, it was already a sapling when Columbus set sail for the new world....

[Abathar]

Have some fun and stick a sign on it saying “Free Firewood - You Cut” one night.

[ops33]

I grew up in Mt.Pleasant, SC, just outside of Charleston. I love the old Live Oaks, each one is so different from the others. The street I lived on was lined with Live Oaks, all with Spanish Moss hanging down. I am sure that most of the trees were older than the country.

[AussieJoe]

“Cool....this is the Cathedral Oak here in Lafayette, LA...”

Spectacular! thanks for sharing.

[The Cajun]

There was an old oak, about like that one, where the Chacahoula/Brule Guillott road, Hwy 309, met up with Hwy 1.

Pretty much a landmark in this area, lots of old, old pictures of it.

Hurricane Gustov split it just about down the center to the base.

It took a tree removal crew several weeks to remove it and grind the stump.

I estimate the trunk was approx 9'-10' across.

Have seen pictures of it from back in the mid 1800's and it was just a massive back then.

Still not used to not seeing it there.