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Posted: 03 Jun 2019


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Trees of Mystery
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Paul Bunyan
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Babe the Blue Ox


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Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox
At the Trees of Mystery tourist t/r/a/p/ attraction just off US 101, in the coast redwood country of far northern California. Paul Bunyan and Babe were figures in (allegedly) traditional folklore in timber country--Bunyan was a lumberjack who carried out all sort of improbable feats with his trusty ox, sort of like the Labors of Hercules in the New World. US schoolchildren read about his exploits, and I really don't know how many of the tall tales are really traditional, and how many are just later embellishments. In either case I'm sure they're seriously bowdlerized!
And on that latter note, Babe is--ahem--anatomically complete, which was a source of mirth to the visiting school groups I saw while there. My wife the veterinarian tells me that's incorrect, however, because technically an ox is a steer used as a beast of burden!

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