Cape Perpetua • Oregon Coast • Tide Pooling

After our hike to the spruce tree in Cape Perpetua we took another hike down the Captain Cook Trail towards the ocean to check out the tide pools at low tide. So many sea stars and sea anemones!

Walking Tunnel

          

 

Cape Perpetua • Oregon Coast • Very Large Spruce

We went for a gorgeous hike on Spruce Trail in Cape Perpetua to a giant spruce tree. The Sitka spruce is more than 185ft tall and has a circumference of 40 ft. The Oregon Heritage Tree Program announced that the Giant Spruce of Cape Perpetua had been designated an Oregon Heritage Tree. The trail itself was full of oversized ferns and was overwhelmingly green and lush. Moss covered many of the tree limbs and much of the ground. It rained for the first part of the hike, but when the sun came out as we made it to the tree, I swear things got even greener.