Dad, Simón, and Jandy took a trip to the Coast Range and visited the "Valley of the Giants". It's an amazing stand of old growth Hemlock and Douglas Fir trees nestled deep in a labyrinth of logging roads.
The forest was teeming with life. Plants, mosses, fungi, (even other trees!) grew on the trees.
A nurse log supports a miniature forest of seedling trees.
Dad takes a break at the base of a particularly giant tree.
Fortunately we made our visit just before the Devil's Club plants leafed out!
We hiked to the sound of the north fork of the Siletz River.
This place is truly one of Oregon's treasures.
