Hoh’s “Hall of Mosses”

The highlight of our visit to the Hoh Valley Ranger Station was our visit to the

Hall of Mosses Sign

for a spectacular display. Living here in the Pacific Northwest I’m pretty familiar with moss, but I’ve never seen anything to match the moss found here.

Although the maples had lost most of their leaves, the moss made it seem they hadn’t lost a leaf.

Moss-covered tree

It was both beautiful and eerie, reminding me of the trees that attacked Dorothy and the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz and .

Maple Trees Covered in Moss

Luckily, most of the time I felt like I was wrapped in a comforting blanket of green,

Leslie Walking Under Tree Bridge

because both the sky

Branch Covered with Moss and Ferns

and the ground

Ground Cover

Were alive.