My son and I had a chance for a weekend all alone. We spent the first night literally sleeping under the stars at a state park in the middle of nowhere PA. Yesterday after we setup camp, we went for a hike.
The area where we were hiking was The Hemlock Natural Area, which is one of the few tracts of virgin (uncut) forest in Pennsylvania, and covers approximately 120 acres. I took a number of photos there, but we only hiked through about half of the trail. The trees are large, but nothing in comparison to the Redwood Forest.... The lifespan of these great trees is much shorter. The area is more or less a true wilderness - camping, and firemaking, and all things of the sort are prohibited, although hiking is allowed and encouraged.
If you click on the image below it will take you to my Picasa WebAlbum. For more information visit the DCNR page here: http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/stateforests/tuscwild.aspx
2 comments:
Enjoyed the photos. Really is a pretty location. Don't recall ever seeing so much moss and those ferns...they are everywhere. Looks like a Boston Fern Forest.
Thanks for sharing...
Glad you enjoyed! It's an area that's very steep... Tucked away into the hills where the logging companies would have had quite a time getting timber out years and years ago...
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