{"id":15514,"date":"2016-11-06T06:26:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T14:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=15514"},"modified":"2017-03-17T07:06:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-17T14:06:52","slug":"a-rainforest-autumn-stroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/a-rainforest-autumn-stroll\/","title":{"rendered":"An Autumn Rainforest Stroll"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Autumn Rainforest Stroll<\/h4>\n

Mount Revelstoke National Park, British Columbia<\/em><\/h5>\n
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A Rainforest Autumn Stroll, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I am addicted to the temperate rainforests of British Columbia. I find peace inside the towering ancient trees. My favourite thing to do in life is to get “lost” inside either the coastal rainforests or the inland rainforests of BC.<\/p>\n

Lately, I find myself drawn to the inland temperate rainforest<\/a> to explore every weekend. My fascination with this forest has roots in my childhood as I grew up (in part) in this rare rainforest.<\/p>\n

These pictures were taken on a stroll through the (lower elevation) rainforests of Revelstoke Mountain National Park. I have hiked through Revelstoke Mountain National Park rainforest in summer and autumn. I plan to return soon, when winter arrives, to experience the rainforest in winter; I want to climb above the rainforests, to the high elevation alpine forests on Mount Revelstoke. I’ll don snowshoes and photograph the impressive “ice box”\u2014an alley of jagged rock that resembles a refrigerator icebox, caked in frost.<\/p>\n

Pockets of Earth’s only inland temperate rainforest are scattered throughout Southern BC. Each weekend, I like to wander deeper into the forest, to experience all that remains of this primeval treasure<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n

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A Rainforest Autumn Stroll, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The lush green moss carpets the forest floor and adds an ethereal “otherworld” atmosphere to the forest; then, I realize that this otherworld is the real world–the natural world–the world that we humans are meant to be born into.<\/p>\n

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An Autumn Rainforest Stroll, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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An Autumn Rainforest Stroll, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I hope you find peace as you follow along on an autumn stroll through Earth’s one and only temperate rainforest<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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An Autumn Rainforest Stroll, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Though this particular section of rainforest in not old growth, I did find a few magestic old growth cedar trees to hug!<\/p>\n

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An Autumn Rainforest Stroll, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I met this squirrel, deep in the trees, amongst hanging moss. It was busy munching on a treat it found in the forest and did not want to be disturbed. It tried to hide behind the tree, but I snuck around and snapped its picture before it darted towards the tree top.<\/p>\n

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An Autumn Rainforest Stroll, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The small pond above proved to be an amazing optical illusion. From a distance, all I could see was a void of white on the forest floor; it appeared as though I was viewing the sky and a deep cliff was coming ahead on the trail.<\/p>\n

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An Autumn rainforest Stroll, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A bounty of fungi.<\/p>\n

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An Autumn rainforest Stroll, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A rainforest creek carves an artistic path through roots and moss.<\/p>\n

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An Autumn rainforest Stroll, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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An Autumn Rainforest Stroll, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A bear recently sorted through this rotten tree, searching for grubs to fill its body in preparation for winter hibernation.<\/p>\n

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An Autumn Rainforest Stroll, Mix Hart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These pictures were taken in Mount Revelstoke National Park a few weekends ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An Autumn Rainforest Stroll Mount Revelstoke National Park, British Columbia I am addicted to the temperate rainforests of British Columbia. I find peace inside the towering ancient trees. My favourite thing to do in life is to get “lost” inside … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2204,121,1805,1],"tags":[3157,3155,1795,2627,3349,3386,3193,2919,388],"class_list":["post-15514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","category-mindfulness","category-travelandadventure","category-uncategorized","tag-explorebc","tag-rainforest","tag-autumn","tag-beautiful-british-columbia","tag-earths-only-inland-temperate-rainforest","tag-forests","tag-hiking","tag-mount-revelstoke","tag-wilderness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t