Tree Cave

A large hole in a tree in the Quinalt Rain Forest in Olympic National Park

The elevation varies dramatically in Olympic National Park from the ocean in the west to the Olympic Range in the east, so when you see a large hole at the base of a tree, you can never be quite sure what might live there, be it yeti or sasquatch. Given that this tree cave was near sea level in the Quinalt Rain Forest, it was almost certainly inhabited by sasquatch.

Abandoned

Abandoned moving van in the Quinalt Rainforest in Olympic National Park

I was troubled that the windows of this moving van were left rolled down, it was pouring and rain was getting inside the truck. On the plus side, the tree growing in the middle of the cabin was getting watered.

The funny thing is that I never photograph things like this. Four years ago when we first saw this abandoned Chevrolet at the end of the Kestner Homestead Trail in the Quinalt Rainforest, I didn’t take a single picture. But this time I felt the desire pretty strongly, so I followed my muse despite the steady rain. I do wish I had framed it a little more loosely but otherwise like the contrast of the smiling truck face with the sadness of the decay, as well as the reds and oranges and greens.

I took a handful of pictures but haven’t edited the others, so more pictures of this experiment may come online down the road.