OZ is a good name for this place - not because of weird and unusual characters, of which there are many or strange and colorful ceatures, which abound in great varieties.

But rather because of the amazing diversity of landscapes. Every scene depicts a completely different planet - colors, trees and topology completely different from the last. The ride through the forests in southwest WA was awesome, in some ways reminiscent of North America with images and smells of British Columbia, Nova Scotia, even the great Redwood forests of California. All this in a place previously altogether different from this region.