A hike in the rainforest

Today was one of those days that could have been a real bummer. I woke from poor sleep to clouded thinking brought on by bodily soreness, and realized it was time to sell my very last little bits of spare crypto due to my financial destitution. Fortunately, I have feet, and am currently living in a rainforest.

As it turns out, it was a great day for a hike up the Indian River Trail. I didn't do the complete 9+ mile circuit, but did hike something close to that, and had the forest mostly to myself (and the ravens) due to it being the middle of winter.

Even though I knew it was futile, I kept trying to take pictures that illustrated the scale of things. I mean, there were plenty of trees that were 6-8 feed in diameter at the base, but they all just look like regular trees in pictures.

Here's a selfie of me leaning against a 4 ft diameter tree. Even with my person to compare it to, the tree's epic size doesn't quite come across.

Here's a picture of the Indian River that shows how green it can get. Unusually, this river was both green and red at different points along it.

And, finally, a picture of my favorite little tree stump of the day.