No one can stand in these solitudes unmoved . . .

"Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval forests undefaced by the hand of man . . . 

 

 

No one can stand in these solitudes unmoved, and not feel that there is more in man than the mere breath of his body."

Charles Darwin

 

 

Photos: (L) Joanne standing between two redwood trees, Redwood National Park, CA; (R, Top) Hiking in the forest at Mt. Rainier National Park, WA; (R, Bottom) Bigtooth Maples draped with club moss, Redwood National Park, CA; July 24 and 29, 2014