KAITLIN K WALSH
  • Stories
    • The 12th March, Northern Ireland
    • 2017: A Year of Protests
    • DNC 2016
    • RNC 2016
    • Cleveland Celebrates
    • Mary and Julierret's
    • Hands
    • Previews >
      • Kathy's Farm Preview
      • Oyster Farm Preview
      • Dagmar's Farm Preview
      • Knockfarrel Produce Preview
  • Portfolios
    • Portraits
    • Food
    • Lifestyle
    • Product
  • About
  • Blog
  • Shop
  • Stories
    • The 12th March, Northern Ireland
    • 2017: A Year of Protests
    • DNC 2016
    • RNC 2016
    • Cleveland Celebrates
    • Mary and Julierret's
    • Hands
    • Previews >
      • Kathy's Farm Preview
      • Oyster Farm Preview
      • Dagmar's Farm Preview
      • Knockfarrel Produce Preview
  • Portfolios
    • Portraits
    • Food
    • Lifestyle
    • Product
  • About
  • Blog
  • Shop
KAITLIN K WALSH

barefoot city girl

Ghost Forest

6/14/2016

0 Comments

 
     While in Portland my friend Andrea and I decided that we needed to do some nature exploring. There are so many parks in and around Portland that it was really tough to choose where to go. However, once we saw a photo of the Ghost Forest in Neskowin on the Oregon coast we were sold.
     Normally I am not that much of a beach person. I burn very easily, and tend to stick to any shade I can find. (Which resulted in my high school friends lovingly calling me Shade Girl. Yup. Shade Girl.) So the foggy and brooding coast of Oregon is totally and completely my kind of beach.
     There's a very good chance I would have been entirely satisfied with just the stormy beach, the fog and the rolling waves. Which is all the beach was when we showed up. Because we hadn't given any thought to the tides. Having grown up on Lake Eire I still kind of forget that tides are a big thing. So the ghost forest was hidden under the water. I'm very glad though, that we decided to go grab some (really delicious) Nepalese food and come back when the tide had revealed the ghost forest.
     These stumps had once been an ancient forest of 150-200 foot spruces. During an earthquake in 1700 the forest was destroyed and covered in sand. After some particularly persistent storms in 1997-98 the remains of the trees were uncovered. Now they reappear from the ocean twice a day at low tide. 
     They are super eerie, haunting and otherworldly. It was really amazing.
     Even after having to wade through a beach stream, barefoot in the freezing cold water, it was amazing. Even when my phone fell out of my pocket and directly into a good foot of water (completely my fault), it was amazing. (And miraculously my phone still works.) It is an experience I will not quickly forget. 
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    kaitlin k walsh

    Adventurer armed with a camera.

    Picture

    Archives

    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    December 2016
    November 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014

    Categories

    All
    Bars
    B&W Of The Week
    Christmas
    DC
    Documenting
    Food
    Friends
    Home
    Latest Projects
    Portraits
    Travel

    RSS Feed

© COPYRIGHT KAITLIN K WALSH 2019. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.