Return to the "Pocket Rainforest"
As I have noted before, while most people are familiar with the Hoh Rainforest on the Olympic Peninsula, the state of Washington also boasts a second, much-smaller biome in the form of the Carbon River Rainforest in the northwest corner of Mount Rainier National Park. I've already posted the results of a couple of visits there over the years, but I returned in mid-April for a photo hike that, although cut short by unfavorable bright sunlight, still yielded a number of nice images.
As I have been doing this year, I vlogged this trip on my YouTube channel. Check it out!
(And, yes, it has taken far too long to get this published. Unfortunately, I was in a traffic accident in late April which, although it left me completely uninjured, spelled the end for my car...when you have a vehicle that's nineteen years old, even a shopping cart running into it in a grocery parking lot would be enough for the insurance company to declare it a write-off. Unfortunately, the process of procuring a replacement took up much of the past few weeks, pushing all matters of photography onto the back burner for a bit.)
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So sorry to hear about the loss of your car. I am glad you weren't hurt. I hope your life is back on track!
And these photos are wonderful, of course.
The calla lily (?) is amazing. I love all the mossy trees and the sunlight filtering in.
They were definitely worth the wait.
