Hiking, Forest Click on caption links for a larger version of each photo

A clump of ferns embrace a moss covered stump in an Oregon forest

Red berries contrast with green foliage in an Oregon forest

a caterpillar solves a food problem

A blanket of green carpets the floor of an Oregon forest

A moss-topped birdhouse offers sanctuary to winged forest-dwellers in Tryon Creek State Park in Portland, Oregon

A tree is illuminated by the late afternoon sun in the Ho National Forest in Washington State.

A worn red stump is spotlighted by the late afternoon sun in Tryon Creek State Park in Portland, Oregon

Moss-covered limbs lay on a carpet of green in an Oregon forest

Trees cast long shadows on the forest floor of Tryon Creek State Park in Portland, Oregon

Ferns abound in the crotch of this maple tree in Tryon Creek State Park in Portland Oregon.

Patches of light sneak through the foliage canopy to spotlight features of Ramona Falls, near Portland, Oregon

This wooden footbridge spans a miniature wetland in Mary S. Young Park just outside Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Naked dead trees at the edge of Wreck Beach in Vancouver, British Columbia. Photo by wife Sara.

Shrouded by fog, stately Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)  stand shrouded in fog near the Pacific Crest Trail in the Mt. Hood National Wilderness.

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