I took Eric's picture at the entrance to the Hall of Mosses.
We crossed over this pretty little creek with moss hanging over it.
There was moss in the creek.
I took an artsy picture of the water.
There were fish swimming through the plants in the water.
Eric in the Hall of Mosses.
A moss-covered maple. Photo by Eric.
I took a different view of the same spot.
Someone from Salem, OR, took our picture in front of another maple.
Rainforests are full of ferns.
A very long fallen log.
Dew dripping from a fungus.
Eric used the flash on something similar.
An example of the drooping tip of a Western Hemlock tree.
Some tame deer let us get very close.
I mean very close. See Eric also taking a picture of the deer.
The Hoh River runs through this area. It is a glacially-fed river that takes different paths depending on the glacial melt. It doesn't look very high -- we guess that the glaciers did not melt much during this past cold summer.
The interpretive signs told us we were coming into a different environment -- an area where the Hoh River had recently traveled. See how different it looks.
A sword fern.
This is an example of a nurse log. In the dense rainforest environment, it is difficult for a Sitka Spruce to find a place to grow. Here, one fallen log nurtures an entire row of Sitka Spruces. Photo by Eric.
Eric between two fallen logs.
Leaving the forest, we saw a number of cars stopped in one place by the side of the road. At first we thought the people were just looking at the river, but then we spotted this Roosevelt Elk.
On to Kalaloch.