After leaving the Lone Pine Koala Santuary, we continued our game of "Watch for Brown Signs" and followed an offcial tourist sign off of the motorway and up to Mt Bachelor. The top of Mt Bachelor is full of B&B's, wineries, gourmet restaurants and artsy-type stores, and in general seems to be the sort of place to go on a honeymoon or for a romantic getaway. I was there with my two children and on a budget, so aside from getting out of the car to look at the view and stopping to pick up a quick lunch at a health-food store, we didn't do a whole lot other than plan our trip back in 9 years or so, after both kids are safely ensconced at a university somewhere, preferably with full-rides. But anyway, once at the top (which took all our little rental car had, in first gear), we spotted a sign for a canopy walk, and decided to drive over and check it out. What we discovered was a beautiful walk through the rain forest, both on bridges through the tree tops and down on the forest floor, with thoughtful (although needing an editor) signs about the amazing plants we were seeing. Unfortunately since it's autumn here we didn't get to see the most amazing flowers, but the trees and ferns are a brilliant green, and the bright white trunks of many of them look almost like concrete more than a living tree. It began to rain as we were halfway through our hike, although the foliage above us was so thick in places we were able to keep dry for awhile...until we became drenched, but I guess rain is a good thing to have in a rainforest, isn't it?!
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