| Jeff Underwood from Dahlonega,
GA drove the tree and Mark Fortner drove an accompanying truck which
carrying boxes of ornaments made by Wyoming citizens and 75 small trees
for Capitol offices. Underwood left Georgia on October 25 and
traveled about 6,900 miles on the journey to Wyoming and then
Washington, DC. Wyoming Landscape Contractors cut the tree on
November 6. On November 10 the tree made its first stop of its
trip in Afton, WY. After a week of travel in Wyoming, including a
forced stop at Cheyenne River Rest Stop due to wind, the tree
headed out to South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri and a
somewhat circuituitous route taking in Memphis, TN, Dahlonega, GA and
Hershey, PA. Note that during the trip it was protected by
plywood sheets which were removed earlier in the morning. |
