Pictures can not do this place justice. Even the drive into the area is spectacular. It's only 15 miles or so from Highway 101 but due to the winding curves it took 30+ minutes and we really got some great looks at huge Western Cedar and Sitka Spruce trees. The girls were pooped after a couple of hours at the beach so Jennifer offered to keep them in the van while I went and did the Hall of Mosses loop. It's just under 1 mile and a really easy walk so I took off and did it in about 25 minutes. One could spend hours on that trail. I took probably 100 pictures but due to the weather, not very many were winners. It was raining something fierce and with all the moss and trees, I would have gotten soaked if I wasn't wearing a good rain jacket. There are a couple of other trails here as well including one that winds along the Hoh River up to the glaciers of Mt. Olympus.
There are fallen trees everywhere. At one point, there is a sign giving you details about the size and it tells you to count off your steps (assuming about 3 feet per stride) to the end of one that is laying along the path. It was easily 250 feet long.
Yeah, that's a ball cap hanging from the tree.
We're going back up there sometime this summer when the weather is a little warmer and hopefully a little more sunny.
1 comment:
Super cool. I especially love the first picture!
Post a Comment