Skoro z rána sme si pozreli najväčší západný červený céder na svete schovaný kúsok od cesty v prekrásnom pralese. Dosť pripomínal ten céder zo včera, akurát že tento mal dutinu o rozmeroch väčšej garáže, vyzerala ako drevená jaskyňa. Obvod stromu bol 63.5 stopy, priemer 19.5 a výška 174 stôp (vydeľte si to tromi a máte to cca v metroch). Potom sme si pozreli najväčší smrek sitka (Picea sitchensis). Tento približne 1000 rokov starý gigant bol naozaj majestátny. Obvod okolo 58 stôp, priemer 17.68 a výška 191 stôp. Takto asi musia vnímať naše stromy mravce, krásny, zdravý smrek, ale ako keby ho niekto neúmerne zväčšil v porovnaní so svetom okolo, keď si predstavým, že takéto stromy tu rástli všade od Vancouveru po San Francisco, a my sme ich takmer všetky vyrúbali za pár rokov...
Keď sme opustili jazero Quinault a tým aj Olympic dostali sme sa opäť do krutej reality zvanej “Timberland“, nekonečné smrekové plantáže - choré, tesné, dusné, tmavé a obrovské holoruby - toť priemyselná ťažba dreva podľa lesníckeho gusta. Samozrejme všade ostnaté drôty a tabuľky so zákazmi vstupu.
Navečer sme sa dostali do hmly čo znamenalo, že sme pri oceáne. Prespali sme v miestnom State parku, večer sa tu všade tmolili lovci ustríc, asi je na ne práve sezóna.
In the morning we went thought the nice old rainforest to see the biggest Western Red Cedar in the World. Looked quite similar like that previous one but this one had huge hollow which looks like wooden cave on size of living room. Circumference 63.5`, diameter 19.5`and 174`tall. Than we visited place on the opposite site of lake with the biggest Sitka Spruce in the World. That was really something, real giant still in top condition, looked like another Sitka spruce trees but this one was huge, huge. We were absolutely tiny, sitting on its roots. Air around it was full of its sap scent. This was probably my the most favourite tree so far. About 1000 years old and about 58 feet circumference and 191 feet tall. When I imagine that trees like this were growing along whole west coast and we cut them nearly all down in couple of years... Do we really need so much wood?
After we left Olympia National Park our way led thought "Timberland", huge areas dedicated to “industrial way" of wood harvesting, which meant to bike thought forest plantations, dense, dark, stuffy and weak spruce monocultures or another huge clear-cuts.
At the end of day we got back to the ocean and slept in small state park in shelter. Near the ocean was still foggy and pretty wet so it was nice to have a roof above ours heads. The ocean shore was full of people collecting clams. Question, what is clam-gun?
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