Illustration by: LAJ
The truck belonged to our builder, Michael. By the time the crew saw what was happening it was screaming down the hill at 40mph. Though it could easily have used the Coconut as a ramp or careened into guys working around the build site, it found the path of least resistance. The truck was finally stopped by two trees and a well-placed ditch. It took nearly eight hours to extricate it from the uprooted tree, winch it up the hill, hoist it onto the flatbed truck, and deliver it to the shop. Believe it or not, the truck escaped major damage, which defies explanation. We may have lost one of our favorite trees, but we gained this exceptional artistic interpretation of the event. Small price to pay.