Todays adventure involved a 1 hour drive, 10 miles of which, was on a dirt road. The Forrester, which had been pretty gross, is now really gross. We even crossed over into Washington for a time. We had seen this place on the map and wondered what it was. This grove was set aside over 100 years ago. There are 2 large stands of old growth trees. The ancient cedars are not really cedars. North America doesn't have any native cedar trees. Cedars are native to the Mediterranean regions of the world. In Texas everyone calls juniper trees, cedar trees. The huge cedars in the grove we visited are really arborvitae trees. There are a lot of trees that are called cedars that are not. Sad. We took gobs of pictures. Too many. It was a really cool forest. The trees averaged 900 years old, some are 2000. We have elected to stay here 3 nights. We are only a 2 day drive from Anacortes and we have 6 days to get there.
Very nice trees although one is really hollowed out, it won't stand long!
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