Have you gone on vacation this summer? I went to La Center, Washington to visit friends for a week over the 4th of July holiday and came back home two weeks ago. We hiked the Trail of Two Forests, Moltnoma Falls, Moulton Falls, and Lucia Falls, an
d I was again lost in the wonder of how unique every single animal, bug, plant and leaf is, not just humans and snowflakes. We saw hemlock firs, cedars, Douglas firs, and rhododendrons that were almost as tall, all cloaked in mosses of many varieties. I sunk my toes into other species of moss that carpeted the forest floor, and my eyes feasted on the beauty that also covered the nearby rocks, fallen trees and tree stumps. It astounded me to think how every single leaf and cell in each plant is unique and beautiful, just as we are all unique and beautiful. I like to think that each of us also shines a unique beauty of Father God.
On the Trail of Two Forests hike, we saw two forests, the remains of one forest from 2,000 years ago and the forest today.
When Mount St. Helens erupted 2,000 years ago, the lava flowed around the trees and hardened faster than the trees burned up, so the lava hardened around the tree trunks. Now there are hollow impressions of trees that you can walk or crawl into.
