Ryan and Alisa had planned for us to drive out to Mt. Rainier National Park on Saturday while we were there. When we flew in on Friday morning it was cloudy and rainy, which is the way their weather usually is, but this is what we woke up to on Sat. morning!!! People were telling us that about 80% of the tourists who come NEVER get to see what we saw! We were definitely blessed. The above picture was taken at Paradise, which is the base of the mountain. It took us about 2 hours to get to this point.
Once we got into the park we stopped and had a picture moment. Owen is very content to go hiking since he gets such a great view of things (much better than being in a stroller and just seeing peoples knees!)
We hiked on a trail to one of the falls. Lots of people had come to the mountain on this beautiful day. (In my next post I will show what we found along that trail ... and what Ryan and Alisa were very nervous about!)
One of the beautiful photo moments ... fall has started to arrive but since so many of the trees there are evergreens, we only saw color in the underbrush. There is something so calming about running water. It was so beautiful.
2 comments:
I've been there! (except we hiked to a glacier) It is such a beautiful place. So glad you were able to experience some of it!
How wonderful for you to see such a beautiful day in Washington. SO pretty, I love the fall colors starting to show with the snow in the background.
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