# Chateau de la Tobler

## Monday, July 16, 2007

### Bonanza!

So it occurred to me when I was camping two weeks ago--Ponderosa Pines. What is up with them?
For those who didn't grow up Tobler, Ponderosas are the predominant pine tree in the mountains west of Las Vegas. And they smell good. Mema always told us the Ponderosa trees came in three different aromas: strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla. And we would smell all the trees around our campsite and decide what type each was. Even now, the Ponderosa is one of the few trees I can identify with no trouble whatsoever, and whenever I see one, I have to honestly restrain myself from sticking my nose into the bark and inhaling.
So...WITHOUT googling...tell me what you all think. Do Ponderosas legitimately smell like strawberry, chocolate, or vanilla? Or was it our imagination, with a good deal of suggestion?

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