Have you ever seen a virgin forest?

A few weeks back a really sweet family invited me to go with them camping at Mt. Rainer. I was excited to be able to spend time with their family and get to know them better, but was also really excited to explore more of the Pacific Northwest. Clint and Grace are from Tuscaloosa and are out here with their four super cute kids for about three months.

  

Right behind out campsite was this awesome creek. The water was freezing, but the creek bed had a few fallen trees and a ton of rocks. Nature really is the best playground imaginable and it was so much fun to watch the kids play play with the kids.

 

I was constantly taking pictures of the trees, because they're huge. These are the trees around our campsite. This was before I saw the really big trees.

 I feel like everything is bigger out here. Maybe because I've been spending more time in nature. Maybe because I'm just not used to this kind of landscape. But I'm constantly amazed at how big everything is. This picture for example, is of the creek behind our campsite. Did you even notice Elda on the rock in the bottom left had corner?

 

 

The selfie stick made an appearance for this trip too!  

  

 

 

 

See what I mean when I say everything is bigger here? This is in the actual park. There was a virgin forest, which basically means, these trees are literally old as dirt.

I wish I could have somehow taken a picture to show you not long how big the trunk was around, but also how tall these bad boys were! Also, as a side note, I am now itching to go see the redwoods in CA.

  

This was on one of the trees. I know I'm saying the same thing over and over, but I mean, really! How cool is nature?!

This kind of gives you a good idea of how big the trees were. That is Clint and the kids walking across a tree that had fallen. Below is a picture of Clint and Grace on the same tree, but you can see how tall the trees are when they're still standing.

The leaves were starting to change color. Fall is currently in full swing. That's also been a new treat for me. I've never really experienced a true fall before!

 

  

  

Everything was so lush and green. There was also moss everywhere. At one spot, Elda found a fairy garden.

We capped off an awesome weekend with a really cool experience - riding a steam train!