Temperate rainforests

A short blog post with pics of stuff we've seen in British Columbia: they are Canada's only temperate rainforests It gets the most rain in this area. Huge trees..

Hi Orchid, There's a bad link somehow in this post. The link you sent goes to an article about Bixi bike rental...

I fixed it. I must have been asleep! It takes one to the real blog post with pics that I wrote.

Advice: best time to go to area is summer time. The oceans around do have whales but they aren' always there.

Absolutely breathtaking...

Fabulous, Orchid,

I've been to Vancouver three times, as I recall, and have driven through Stanley Park each time. Fantastic! Next time I visit, I will be sure to see some of the other parks you describe.

WOW Orchid!
I'm gonna see if I can't talk WB into RV'ing up to Canada's Rainforests.

Jabber, I think WB would love the temperate rainforests. Just go in the summer or early fall. Otherwise there will be alot of rain. That's why the trees get so big/tall.

orchid,
I told WB I'd like to see the temperate rainforests and Stanley Park. But it's on the other side of country from us and it'd take 6 days to drive there in our RV. That trip is in the future
though. It's something to look forward to. Thanks for info.

I never knew Canada had rainforests until you told us Orchid. I would love to see them in person.

I just came across these posts. The Olympic Peninsula of Washington State includes a temperate rain forest, with hiking trails through the mossy trees. There's lots of info on the Olympic National Forest website: Rainforest
The Lake Quinault Lodge is a lovely place to stay or just to stop for lunch.

I'm with Sandy

I live in WA now, and have been to the Olympic Rain forest twice. Twice I tried to get to Hurricane Ridge "the" place to go, but there was more than 13 feet of snow in my way. So we went to Sol Duc. Great 2 mile walk on 5-8 feet of dead leaves from years of falling from the humungous Cedar Trees. It's funny at first to walk on ground that has a little bounce to it.

My experience with a temperate rain forest was on the South Island of New Zealand when my husband and I hiked the Milford Track for four days for our 20th wedding anniversary in 2002. We hiked 35 miles through various micro-climates. The last 13 miles was through a temperate rain forest---the key word being "rain".

I did a blog post about this experience at:

http://www.boomeresque.com/the-finest-walk-in-the-world-the-milford-track-south-island-new-zealand/