Another wonderful thing about this peninsula is the rainforest. When I hear the word rainforest I think of a hot jungle. But not in this rainforest! No monkeys here! Instead it was 55 degrees and there were herds of elk and black tailed deer that come down from the high mountains in the winter to escape from the snow to eat tons of moss.
Moss was growing everywhere. Because it rains up to 18 feet a year here, everything grows like crazy. There were new trees growing on top of dead fallen trees. There is supposed to be more living things in one square foot of earth than anywhere else around. Basically it is the opposite of a desert. The trees grow extra big especially in this area because of all the water and nutrients they get from the soil.
I was ready to get rained on and had on all my rain gear to hike up to Pony Bridge along the Graves Creek but was disappointed because the sun came out.
I thought this was a Rain forest! But I guess this time of year it doesn’t rain as much. We ended up seeing the sunshine every day on our trip.
It was still really magical. Flat Clara and Flat Niamh liked it, too. Watch out for the slugs on the trail!!!
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