http://www.katu.com/news/12043736.html

After surviving 700 years of storms, the nation's largest Sitka spruce, just outside of Seaside, snapped in half high above the ground.

I have fond memories of stopping off the highway to see this tree. My dad always liked to stop there when we had family in town from the midwest and east coast.

Wow, I can just hear those loggers firing up their air chain saws and pretending to cut up the tree.

All those years going to the coast and I never remember ever stopping by that tree with my mom and dad. However it wasn't until last year that I finally took my family to see the big tree. Took loads of pictures. Glad I did.

Yeah, me too, took some pics of it because I'd heard the tree was on its way out...

Andrew

I'm glad that they let nature take its course and didn't take it down on their own ... yeah I remember seeing it as a kid, and taking my kids to see it on the way to the beach.