Untanglin' the leaner at Indian Grove

Back in the summer of 1986 the boss told me to take the feller-buncher up to Indian Grove to free up one of the sacred pines from a widowmaker leaning and dangerous. These are trees they say Nez Perce Indians peeled and used for food and medicine.

I'd been out there dozens of times, but that day was different, starting with goose bumps down my arms getting out of the truck.