It’s said that there is more biomass in the Hoh Rain Forest than anywhere else on earth. This place is magical, especially when you get to be there on a sunny, beautiful weekend, which is rare considering it gets 140 to 170 inches of rainfall per year!
I spent the morning walking about 4 miles down the Hoh River Trail, which leads about 18 miles up into the Olympic Mountains. I found a great lunch spot along the river, and spent a lot of time there soaking up the sun. It’s hard work hugging as many trees as I did!! Stella and I stayed at the Hoh Campground, so in the afternoon when it got busy with day tourists, I took a nice nap at my campsite, then headed back in the evening to walk the Hall of Mosses trail and the Spruce Nature Trail that are close to the Visitor Center, once most of the people had cleared out.
The forest along the Hall of Mosses trail is older than surrounding area, easy to tell by the huge trees and massive amounts of moss that have been growing for hundreds of years. Some of these trees look alien with their coatings of hanging moss, they’re just gorgeous!
The local herd of Roosevelt Elk meandered their way through the campground at dinnertime, keeping the lawn nicely mowed. All in all, a glorious weekend spent with me, myself, I, and a really cool rainforest π
- Stella at Quinault Lake
- Local lawn-mowers
- Phonebooth π
- Heaven on the trail
- Biiiiig tree,
- Peek-a-boo!
- Me n’ the moss
- Hoh River
- Another beautiful part of the Hoh River Trail
- Yep, there’s a log under there
- Gorgeous Hoh River Trail
- Moss-beards
- Beautiful…
- Hon River
- Lunchtime… soaking up the sun!!!
- An even higher-tech bridge crossing
- A highly technical bridge
- Sunshine in the rainforest π
- Huge… makes a person feel very small
- Not a single patch of bare ground anywhere, except the trail itself.
- Hoh River
- This row of trees all grew out of one nurse-log
- Bambi!
- Moss, anyone?
- Love this tree over the trail
- Another hug
- One of the many trees I hugged π
- Need a dry place to hide out?
- The trail goes directly under these blow-downs
- Moss-covered branches
- Spring-fed creek- crystal clear and cold!
- Stella at Hoh Campground
- Moooo!
- Be one with the trees!!!
- This guy invited himself to dinner at some camper’s picnic table
- Howdy!
- This herd of elk mowed it’s way through the campground at dinnertime
One of my favorite places. Amazing beauty.