Clusters of this orange jelly fungus (Dacrymyces chrysospermus, I believe) can be found on nearly every stump along the trail. If you look closely, you can see more orange-yellow clusters growing on the stump in the background. Despite how common it is in the Pacific Northwest, this stuff still looks so alien to me 👽🍄🧡
There's no sign on the forest road that tells a person this trail exists; but if you climb up the hillside from the road and into the forest, you can hop on and run parallel to the road, through the forest, almost to the peak of Rock Candy Mtn.
The things you'll see when you leave traveled roads for barely discernible paths through the woods 😅🤩