Washington forests

My time at Mt Rainier National Park completed at the end of October.  My sister came to visit and we toured the Olympic Peninsula for a week.  Not long enough.  We found some very good birds, she took photos.  Rain continued off and on during the week creating some challenging photography conditions.  We found that the plastic shower cap from a motel room worked very well to cover the high-tech camera she was using.  All too soon the week was over and I needed to take her back to the airport.
      These 2 pictures show typical of Washington rainforest,  moss and ferns grow everywhere.  Vine Maple, in the photo to the right,  turns red in the Fall.
      Before leaving the rainforest region, I hiked at McLane Creek Park, south of Olympia.  Wildlife viewing signs were posted at the trailhead.  The  "wildlife"  was

fish !!   Spawning Salmon.  I really admire
these Salmon for swimming the long distance from the ocean to their natal streams to spawn and die.  I watched them wiggle up and over log jams, and between rocks.  In gravel like this a shallow scrape is made and the female deposits her eggs.

a pond surrounded with dense forest leaving only a small bit of space for reflections.

old tree stump covered with moss, Salal bushes, and other plants.

trail thru the forest of Cedars, Big-leaf Maples, and Hemlock.