Here’s a short video from my trip to Vancouver in October 2023, while exploring the old growth forest areas near Port Renfrew.
New Vancouver Island Gallery is Live!
Big Lonely Doug, Canada’s second largest Douglas-fir tree standing at 230 ft tall.
I just published the gallery from my October 2023 trip to Vancouver Island. Click here to see my images.
The trip to the Island was spent primarily in the Port Renfrew area, a bit over 100km west of Victoria. Referred to as the “tall tree capital of Canada”, the area around Port Renfrew contains some of the tallest trees in the country. In addition to seeing several old growth forest groves and trails, including the second largest Douglas-fir tree known as Big Lonely Doug, I also spent time at a Botanical Beach and Sombrio Beach along the southern coast of the island.
The story behind Big Lonely Doug is fascinating and sombre at the same time. A logger discovered it while surveying the surrounding forest that was to be logged for timber. He wrapped a ribbon around it with the words “Leave Tree” written on it, saving the tree from being cut down. Big Lonely Doug is estimated to be 1,000 years old.
New Olympic National Park Gallery is Live!
I just published the gallery from my May 2023 trip to Olympic National Park in Washington State. Click here to see my images.
All I can say is the Pacific Northwest never fails to amaze me. Olympic is around a 3 hour drive from Seattle, depending on where in the park you want to get to. It’s a large park! Spanning nearly one million acres (3700 sq. km), this UNESCO World Heritage site showcases the beauty and resilience of nature. With snow-capped peaks, old-growth forests, alpine lakes, and a rugged coastline, the park offers a breathtaking landscape. The Hoh Rainforest, coastal beaches with towering sea stacks, the Lake Crescent and Lake Quinault areas were just a few areas within the park that I had the opportunity to visit. Enchanting forests, cascading waterfalls and the Pacific coastline are all captured in my gallery from this trip.