Yes, such a place really exists and is accessible for ordinary people to walk to after a 20 minute drive out of town
Yes, loggers came and cut down great Douglas furs, hemlocks, and cedars for decades. But nature is resilient and from such mother trees more giants arose.
There was a certain Harrison Ford apprehension, particularly since the bolts on some of the connections looked pretty rusty to my unschooled eye.
Nature is pretty spectacular around here on the Island but human beings are inventive and persistent too. At last we’re starting to respect and cherish nature as we need to.
These ferns, Equisetum, were around before the dinosaurs. They reproduce be spores and here they are greening up the forest.
It had been very dry for days but a mighty thunderstorm broke just as we were coming home. I hope the storm reached over to a forest fire that has been burning on the Island for days.
Fall on its way. Enjoy every day!
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