This morning I type this sitting in a “lighthouse” (actually the third floor of my hotel’s office) overlooking the Pacific Ocean – we’re on day 5 of our vacation, overnighting in Long Beach, WA. Yesterday we spent the day exploring the Olympic Peninsula, meandering in and around mountains, rain forest, and beachfront – quite a unique combination of topography.
The most fascinating part to me were the rain forests and the (really) big trees we encountered there. I had never seen such lush and green forests before – and the feeling I had walking within them was exhilarating (it probably was because of all that vegetation throwing off all that oxygen).
There were a couple of trees in particular I wanted to share with you – the first is below. It is the largest known spruce tree in the world, at around 200 feet tall. That tiny creature at the bottom of the picture is my wife. The tree is 1,000 years old – wow.
We also visited a huge cedar tree that had one interesting looking trunk – here is yours truly posing with it.
We’re having a great time – I’ll try to post one more time before we come home.
Until then, all the best!
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