Jesus Tree and the Black Forest

Hiya! We're still in Triberg. My mom and I pretty much spent the whole day driving out in the boonies lol We were trying to find a place to hike that Rick Steves recommended, buuuut that didn't work very well, so we just pulled off at the nearest trail thing and went from there. 

I literally had to straddle between two rocks in the river to take this one XD n00by action photographer FTW!!!

There's a really cool story about this next one. No one really knows how the statue got there, but a sandstone statue of Jesus was hung up on this tree about 100 or more years ago. And over time, the tree just sort of grew around it, making a sort of shell.  But the coolest part is, that's a +300 year old birch tree, and it's the only birch tree in the forest. 

My dad works with a guy who's dad takes care of the tree(he's a carpenter, and grew up watching the tree grow around Jesus. He literally carved out life size replicas in his workshop showing a basic timeline of the growing process. So cool :D) 

Near the base of the Jesus Tree, there's a sign that read something roughly along the lines of " This tree grew around the Jesus statue, and now hides it inside. So, we should be like the tree and hide Him in our hearts, willing to stand alone if need be." Idk, I just though that was really cool :)

Oh, and for a size reference, in ~5' 2", and the top of my head is at the bottom of the large knot(Jesus's head is in the middle of the knot)