Our first point of interest today was to head up Hurricane Ridge Road to the summit which we read had the most magnificent views of Mt Olympus……but alas….they had closed the road for maintenance and to add insult to injury, it was reopening on Friday in time for the Thanksgiving weekend – grrrrrr!!
Instead we consoled ourselves by driving west along the 101 to see what else was on offing. We were not disappointed.
This area of the west coast has an average rainfall of 12 foot per year which creates an ideal environment for moss to become a staple of the forest. We found a couple of short walking trails where there was an abundant supply of these examples.
We then came upon the giants of the forest. There are the western red cedars and the sequoia which often get confused and then lets throw in the Sitka cedar and the western hemlock plus the Douglas fur. We spent most of the day trying to work out which was which and just got ourselves totally bamboozled. One thing we were not confused about was the majesty of these beautiful trees.
We found the odd waterfall……
……followed by the odd lake. It was so wet underfoot that it was impossible to find anywhere to sit without getting your bum wet. All the table and chairs and logs around the place had an inbuilt dampness about them plus a layer of moss – though comfortably padded, you ended up with a wet ring on your trousers.
It is not cheap to be a tourist in the National Parks. $80USD for an annual pass which we are hoping to get our monies worth providing the various parks we hope to go and visit will be open during this time of year.
We aren’t going to apologise for our plethora of tree porn as it is mind blowing.
It was then onto the Dew Drop Inn in the exciting metropolis of Forks……NOT.
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Would it be too much to say I’m green with envy (all that moss is having it’s effect).
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Hi Carol, it was sooooo very wet underfoot. It felt like we were back in NZ.
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