While I was on the road trip I took last week, I saw this tree for the first time on the side of the freeway.

Survivor Tree 1

Somehow this tree lost half of itself, but kept on growing.

Survivor Tree 2

The withered, sun-bleached remnant was stretched on the ground beside the living tree, still wrapped along its’ roots.

Survivor Tree 5

Standing midway between the treeline and the freeway, it really was a striking sight.

Survivor Tree 6