the pittoresk village of Hamnøy (Lofoten/Norway)

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Horseshoe Fall, Niagara Falls from above in USA and Canada

#WaterfallWednesday

Upper Goldstream Falls in Summer.
I like it more in Winter & early Spring - when almost no one else is there.

#ThickTrunkTuesday

Beautiful 2nd growth cedar tree. Branches are covered in moss & lichens.

Another muddy part of hiking trail. There's another muddy section past the petrified cedar tree roots & then it goes uphill into drier parts.

Upper Goldstream River in Summer.

#TreesTuesday

Moss & lichen covered tree.

#TrailsTuesday

A short, muddy section of hiking trail.

Happy about finding a few big pieces of wonderful lichen forest medicines

I saw this huge Douglas fir tree trunk on our way back to parking spot.
When I first saw it - shouted out - LOOK AT THAT! They are WOOD SHORTS!
Then, my friend took a pic of me with the big wood shorts.

Last section of a long series of stairs that lead down from the hiking trail to the river & Upper Goldstream waterfalls.

They should install safety railings on at least one side of those stairs w/none.

This looks like a woodlands swing to me. Curved cedar branch, covered in mosses & dripping with lichens

We must be quiet enough in the forest to hear nature speak to us in volumes

Easiest parts of the hiking trail.