#todd weld

The Toomer's oak is timeless. The businesses around it change, the bars change, I remember when The Vault was actually a bank and my dad and I would go through the drivethru in his 65 Vette, they would give me little rolls of lifesavers candy. But the Toomer's Corner Oak tree is a constant. Sure, the leaves change, the landscaping around it changes, but the tree.... it's been that way for the last 25 years that I've loved this University. I climbed it when I was 9, I sold gameday programs under it when I was 13, I burned rubber past it when I attended Auburn High, I rolled it when I was in my 20's, I watched people roll it when I got to my 30's. I think I have laughed, cried, been happy and sad, been drunk and sober under that tree. I've been a kid, single, dating, and married all while standing under that tree. But it stayed constant, steady and strong. So, we may lose it eventually, and it's sad to think that after all these years of being like a rock that now it's going to change... but I'll always remember the tree and I'll always remember what it stands for. Thanks for taking pics of it Stephen.