Hello Mt. Rainier
We went to Mt. Rainier on Tuesday. It was to be the last sunny day for a while and we decided to take full advantage. The National Park is about 2 hours from Seattle. We did a relatively short but steep hike in the meadows and foothills (hike, gawk, hike, take pictures, hike, “this is amazing!” hike). The view was so clear. We were able to see all of the glaciers on the mountain, Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens, and Mt. Baker. Mt. St. Helens had a little tuft of smoke in its cone all day. There was still some snow pack in the meadows. The fat, noisy marmots like to lie down with their bellies on the snow to cool down. We also saw a regal mountain goat feeding on some bushes.
You could really spend all day up there, enjoying the view—we also so Mt. Adams. My neck got sunburned. It is like finding yourself in a bucolic beer label, with green meadows, streams and waterfalls surrounded by hills and snowy mountains. Luckily we did not see any mountain loins. All the animals were very unafraid of people. We saw a hawk fly by 10 feet from us and not higher than 8 feet off the ground. There were also deer munching away. Marmots are my new favorite animal. We also saw a large group of hikers returning from the summit. They were laden with tons of gear. Overall, I just can’t imagine a bigger payoff considering the minimal effort we put in hiking.
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