Hatley Park

Some of the most luxuriant forests in the world are found in the area known as the Pacific Northwest. This includes Vancouver Island, where pockets of old growth temperate rain forest may still be found. A quarter of an hour from downtown Victoria is Hatley Park and the photo above was taken there a few days ago. The trees pictured are by no means the largest or oldest. Many of the trees in this forest are hundreds of years old and one cannot walk among them without awakening feelings of awe and respect.