Worship at Cathedral Grove

Heading north from Victoria Beth and I stopped at a highway lookout point where I was intrigued by the patterns in the water here. I suppose we are seeing the currents relative to the depth of the water. Cool, eh?

At Cathedral Grove, found on the road across the island to Ucluelet, the big trees were waiting for us. My husband and I were here on our 35th wedding anniversary but it was raining and we didn't take the walks into the forest so I was anxious to do that this time. Along the highway you will find parking on both sides and signs to tell you where to go, but really, you'd just follow the smell of the trees.

The fresh greens at this time of year contrasted nicely with the well-trodden paths as we clicked away, capturing all we could of this spectacular place.

In the forest downed trees are left to rot and provide sustenance for new life as the ecosystem continually revitalizes itself. This makes the forest floor quite deep in places as the layers compound. In other places we saw bare spots where people have followed the path, such as below, by these uprooted trees.

I stood by this downed tree's giant root system, happy to be dwarfed by such awesome beauty. Well, I'm happy to be dwarfed by anything!

So now my memory banks have one more lovely thing to file away--our trek through Cathedral Grove.