The Northwest has a reputation for being dark and rainy. We haven’t experienced the rain, but nearly every morning starts with fog. Sometimes the fog lasts and some times it burns off. What I have found unique is how it can hang on hillsides and in the woods in what appears from a distance to be heavy blankets.
We took a very short side trip to see the Cape Meares LightHouse. It is generic as light houses I have viewed go, but the setting is spectacular. The fog was hanging in the woods and the combination of the wind and the fog generated a lot of rain falling from the trees rather than the sky.
The lighthouse and its Fresnel lens
I think it is the trees that give the forests here that create the distinctive look. The pines are large, thick, and have dark trunks. Looking into the forest through the fog offers some great photo opportunities.
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