Walking in the woods

We walked up past a flood plain meadow that was filled with grazing Elk when we returned. Our goal was to reach a waterfall and find some "mother" trees with cloned daughters.









As you can see the much thicker mother tree has the daughters clustered around it. The clone daughters use the existng root system of the mother tree. If a daughter goes on to clone itself again that might make the root stock effectivly immortal. That is a thought to ponder.






Some of the trees have amazing moss and lichen coverings and some even seem to be supporting ferns.








We are in Oregon now and the change from California is very marked, far fewer Hybrids and many more "Bubba" trucks.
Spandex joggers are now quite rare being replaced by hitch hiking vets. wearing wool shirts. Finally dentistry is no longer an art form but just another practical necessity.