Expectations

Expectations

We were on the road at last. Coffee and breakfast in hand, we set out on an adventure. I'd wanted to go see Cathedral Grove for a long time, but when I learned the trees could communicate, I was eager to find out what these ancient ones would say. It wasn't the adventure I thought it would be, but the trees did have something to say.

I was glad we got there fairly early. Cathedral Grove is a well-known tourist spot and even at 9:30 am the parking lots were just about full on both sides of the highway. I wasn't prepared for the amount of people talking, laughing, jostling and doing people things.

My first impression of the forest... READ MORE

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