Day 2 of the sisters’ roadtrip took us first to:
Hoh Rain Forest
In the first “oooooh!” moment of the day, the sun turned dew drops on gossamer moss into sparkling diamonds. It looked magical to me. I have a bit of a fascination with moss. In fact, Kristin probably lost track of how many times did I said, “I love moss” as we were walking through the forest.   I think we also confirmed that I love living in the northwest. It’s just so beautiful here.
It’s a good thing Kristin loves taking pictures too, because I think most people would have wanted to slap me upside the head for all the abrupt stops I made along the side of the road to capture a picture. I think she may have wanted to as well 🙂
One advantage to being there in the off season in the middle of the week (besides the ridiculously low motel rates) is very little traffic on the road to the forests. Which was good since I developed a habit of stopping in the middle of the road, as there was no pull off. Â
There were also very few people walking the trails, so we had the place nearly to ourselves. It was a beautiful, sunny day which really lit up the yellow maple trees.Â
One of the highlights was coming upon an extremely hyperactive little squirrel in a tree. He scrambled down a branch and pulled off a leaf, then scrambled up to a more solid branch and gobbled it up VERY FAST. Then back down again. Squirrel on speed. But he was very cute. With a very orange underbelly.
To view photos from the Hoh segment of our journey, CLICK HERE.
Next post, Ruby & First Beach.
That squirrel is SO CUTE!!! And yes, the dew really does sparkle like diamonds. Your pictures are beautiful! I love the pay-phone with the moss on it. It might make using the phone kind of exciting and new. And I love moss, too. I’m glad you live in the northwest so you can take pictures and I can see them all and live vicariously through your adventures. 🙂
Kristin looks great!
You really do have a talent for capturing the interesting and beautiful. You surely need to do something to make some money from your hobby! Yes Kris does look GREAT!
Thanks for posting the picturea and writing about them.
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Wow, I love the moss too, especially all sparkly like that. 🙂 I love the fall leaves too! I would have loved to see the little squirrel eating that leaf.
This was such a beautiful drive. The colors simply cannot be accurately captured on film.
I do have to say it’s pretty funny watching Allison be a contortionist or hike up/down rocks to get the right angle for her pictures. But they certainly turn out nice, don’t they?
And yes, indeed, I did lose track of the number of times you professed your love of moss. Somewhere around two dozen, I’d say, over the course of the trip.
Been there. Amazing place. Exotic. Magnificent. Great pic’s
Thanks everybody. And always love to hear from a new site visitor. Your website, NorthCountryLiberal is pretty entertaining 🙂
After a bit of research, I believe we saw a Fox Squirrel, Kristin. He was funny, wasn’t he?
Have I mentioned I love moss?
You could sell these photo’s to National Geographic, they are simply spectacular! Kris you look terrific. Allison, in addition to the photo’s your description of them is simply poetic. Keep them coming girl!
SOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL! that sparkly moss was amazing! I love all your pictures, I’m glad you kept stopping. I love moss too.
BTW Kris looks great.
Kristin, thank you for deleting the photos you took of me in these contortions. They were NOT flattering… LOL…
Just ridiculously gorgeous!! All the contortions are so worth it, keep contorting, Allison.
I would love to see those pics, Kristin!
Sooooo jealous of where you guys live.