Rainforest settings for TC photos?
I have noticed the bulk of the Photos submitted for trip reports are primarily in fairly dry areas. That is a generalisation , but TC’s in Alaska are rare or a rainforest are non existent. This shot ...
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profdant139 wrote:
Interesting observation, Robert! I think that the moist part of the USA is mostly east of the Mississippi, where there is less federal open land than in the drier Far West. So if you like to camp way out in the middle of nowhere (which makes for some good photos!), you are more likely to be in dry territory. The wetter portion of the US was settled much earlier than the West, so it is more densely populated, in general.
Wait? What?
Wetter portion? The East coast doesn't get that much rain does it? Not even close me thinks. The Rain Forest (yes) of the west coast is the wettest place in North America and I believe has more TC's per capita than anywhere. I could be wrong on that but I doubt it.
12 FEET of rain is not unheard of in parts of the Northwest ;)
My guess on why there are less pics is just that people don't travel to rainy places to camp as much as they do to warmer drier places ;) Just my thought!
After all, who'd want to travel to Ocean Falls to camp out (ok, I would but then I used to live there)?
