Going, Going, Gone

Joe starts cutting down the tree

Almost done with the trunk

Wow.  That was fast!

Thanks to our neighbor Phil for lending us his electric chainsaw.  It sure made easy work of cutting down our sick hawthorn.  After the trunk was completely removed, there was still no sign of damage.  I'll start digging out the root ball in the next week or so to see if I can finally figure out what happened to the King.