Mt. Rainier from Last Weekend

We went to Rainier last weekend. I took tons of pics; I was pretending to be a photographer. Rainier looking up from the bottom at the National Park Inn.

We stopped to see this stream coming down from ice and snow melt on the mountain. It flows super fast and cold (obviously). The whole family going across the log foot bridge was out of the question but E really wanted to try it so D took him. He did great considering he doesn't even like walking across docks. Cheers to E for trying something new and out of his comfort zone!

A pic of the big kids in the lodge at Paradise. The interior of the lodge is spectacular with all the wood work and hand painted light shades showing the flowers of the alpine meadow.

Last year we tried to hit the park at wildflower time and came just a bit too early. This year we hit it right on time. Terrific! I had the best time taking pics as we hiked. We did two hikes; one to a waterfall and one loop that we did last year past the Nisqually Glacier.

Yes the scenery behind M looks fake-- not sure how that happened except that it really does look too beautiful to be real.

The last few pictures I took are giving me an error message when I try to edit them. This was one of those error pics that I can't edit. The kids were in a rock next to the trail.

I almost forgot to tell you the coolest part. We were sitting next to a trail resting when we heard a sound kind of like distant thunder, but it wasn't..... it was a small avalanche somewhere up the mountain from the snow melting and shifting. Really awesome to hear.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

love and hugs, B