#63: O Christmas Tree

Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

Matt and Karen Smith

Society & Culture, Nature, Personal Journals, Places & Travel, Science

5.0 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re talking about Christmas trees. Specifically, everything you need to know about the program run by the National Forest Service, where you can buy a permit online and head out to your national forest to cut down your own Christmas tree. In this episode, we share our Montana experience in December as we wandered through Flathead National Forest with a permit in hand, looking for that perfect Christmas tree for our stay in a national forest cabin. Please subscribe to The Dear Bob and Sue Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen, and if you’ve enjoyed our show, please leave us a review or rating on Apple Podcasts. Five-star ratings help other listeners find our show. Follow us on Instagram at @mattandkarensmith, on Twitter at @mattandkaren, on Facebook at dearbobands, or check out our blog at www.mattandkaren.com. To advertise on The Dear Bob and Sue Podcast, email us at mattandkarensmith@gmail.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max.
0:04.0	Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better.
0:08.0	Laksney can some chili into the gravy for some extra oomps.
0:12.0	Or be within a playlist though, even get your none up on the table.
0:16.0	Or just crack an open and ice cold Pepsi Max.
0:20.0	Christmas. Better with Pepsi Max.
0:25.0	Yeah, so we went into the thicket, cracked deep into the thicket, looking for a tree.
0:35.0	So we decided on one.
0:37.0	When I shook the snow off, it was like 90% snow in 10% tree.
0:41.0	Mostly air. It was mostly air.
0:45.0	But at that point, we were tired, we were hungry, and we were ready for a beer.
0:49.0	So that was it. That was the perfect tree.
0:51.0	That was the one. We had had enough. Cut this sucker down.
0:55.0	It's funny though, because the rules said that the trunk diameter couldn't be more than 6 inches.
1:01.0	This is a circumference.
1:03.0	This was like half inch.
1:05.0	This was like pulling a big weed.
1:07.0	It was like a large weed.
1:09.0	I don't even think we need a permit for this.
1:21.0	This is the Dear Bob and Sue Podcast.
1:25.0	Stories from our journey to all the U.S. national parks and other public lands.
1:29.0	I'm Karen Smith.
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