Last day in the Olympic National Park... Having done the mountains (and survived -cough- ) we decided to check out the rainforest and the coast...
First sign you see, upon entering the Hoh Rainforest.... BIG SPRUCE TREE, this-a-way.... Okayyy....
Yep, that's pretty big... (over 270 ft. high, 12.5 ft. diameter, 550 years old)
This is the phone Frodo uses...
(I couldn't help including it, if only to illustrate just how lush and green everything is in the rainforest here...)
Along the Hoh River... We took a hike along the Hoh, amid rain showers, no surprise...
And saw this guy!!!! Eeeeek!
SO GREEN! This is club moss, which is actually more related to the fern family than to the moss family. It hangs on all the trees here...
Crescent Lake, carved by glaciers... The clouds are truly a part of the landscape here.
Mist and clouds...
Second beach (I think) at the La Push region... Great driftwood, empty beaches, and a healthy, powerful coastline.
2 comments:
Wow, I really like the mist and clouds and water and rocks picture! And all the overcastness and shrouded slopes and...
Gabe says: "Go away bear! I mean... elk!"
Was it an elk?
Post a Comment