Trees in Victoria

I'm afraid I went a bit nuts on the trees. They were just so big. And beautiful. And old. And sometimes mossy. Most of these pictures are from Butchart Gardens and Cathedral Grove.

I tried to capture the sheer size of the trees, but it was difficult.

Because the air is so moist you'll notice that many of the trees are covered in moss.

You'll also notice fallen trees, sometimes with their roots out of the ground. These fallen trees are all from Cathedral Grove.

I don't know but I think that some of God's most magnificent creations are the trees.

This growth is growing along the bark from a fallen tree.

These two trees are fallen from a different time. Not sure how this could even happen.

You can see the fallen tree with its root in the foreground.

Johanna and Fred in front of a mammoth root from a fallen tree.

Trip to Victoria British Columbia - the series

Here are all my postings about our trip to Victoria, British Columbia.

Victoria - daffodils everywhere

A present for Mary

Trees in Victoria
All God's creatures great and small
Victoria at night
Flowers are a present from God
Granola bars for Jesus
Ogden Point and floating village
East Sooke park
Fort Rod Hill and Fisguard lighthouse
Cathedral Grove
If there were no god there would be no athiests
St Anns Academy historical site
Beacon Hill park victoria
Butchart gardens

Applesauce oatmeal raisins muffins
Oatmeal banana raisin muffins not
Granola bars for Jesus recipe
Peanut butter oatmeal cookies

Cathedral Grove

I spent my birthday at Cathedral Grove in BC in MacMillan Provincial Park. What an amazing place.

It rained the entire day, and the paths were wet, in some places you were forced to walk through an inch or so of water. But it was worth it.

It's difficult to appreciate the sizes of these trees. Some of them are 800 years old which is hard to even comprehend. There are Douglas Fir (largest and oldest), Western Red Cedar, Western Hemlock, Grand Fir or Balsam Fir and others.

Johanna who has visited the forest before, found this experience entirely different than the last time when it was sunny. She said it was like being in a cathedral because it was so silent and the trees soar, giving a feeling of being in church. The stillness and the silence.

I can't say I had the same feeling this time, but I can't quite put my finger on how I did feel. With the rain falling straight down, in a constant spray on everything; with the smells of the earth, the trees, the moss; with the soft sound of the rain as it falls, you just feel so small and inconsequential. Like you are a speck amidst eternity.

God is good.