Grandaddy Tree

We left Krobo around 3 pm and made a brief stop at the Presby Office to say hello to Rev Samuel (forget the last name) - the chairperson of the local Presby where Krobo Girls School is located.

We drove in to ground off the Presby and the biggest tree I have ever seen was laying on its side,

Here is the short story:

Tree was at least 175 years old.  Has been the center off the grounds since the Basel misssionaries built the buildings - again way back when!

The grounds has housed many institutions over the years, i.e. Schools, etc. and almost all of them have had the tree has their symbol.

A while back at around 11 pm the staff felt a huge thunder.  They went outside and the tree was on its side.  They had someone come look at the tree after it fell and were told it was the tree's time "to go". So the story goes, that the tree waiting until everyone was gone beneath its massive trunk and limbs to die.

Check out the scale of the tree compare to Michael (who ain't small) and the size off the letters carved in the trunk over the years.