HOW MUCH BUSINESS DOES THIS TREE GET?

What with huge vehicles people drive today. No way could they get through there. Width or height.

When I get surrounded by them, I get claustrophobic. I mean they tower over me, and I drive an SUV myself. But my gosh these monster trucks with tires that must cost a fortune because of their size, well, it makes me glad that gas prices are so high. If not, there's be even more of these "houses" on the road. And what kind of mileage could they possibly get?

But the tree is cool. I wasn't much of a climber. I love to climb; I just wasn't too good at shimming. Rope climbing in PE classes only embarrassed me. No rappelling for me.

But I remember one tree in a neighbor's yard that my buddy Tommy and I climbed. He, unlike me, was a great climber. We'd climb and take our bologna sandwiches with us. He always had to have mayo on his. Isn't it crazy what we remember. But we'd climb and eat our sandwiches and talk about the Cardinals and cute girls at our schools. He seemed to have cuter ones, but he may have thought the same about mine. But I liked to go to his birthday parties to see the St. Mary girls.

Trees, trucks, and girls. Staples in the lives of boys and men.