Mt Rainier

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Jay and I arrived in Rainier around mid-morning, and...
Jay by the signpost indicating our turnoff for the...
Closer view. The Wonderland Trail is a 93-mile route...
Jay in front of some maple-like trees that were...
Lots of trees had slabs of rock in the roots like this,...
Jay being part of my bridges of the world collection.
A bizarre tree making a 180 out of the ground and back...
The path less traveled...
Looking up into the canopy.
Jay looking stoked to be on the "ridge" part of the...
Looking back at the Longmire camp, where we started an...
The Nisqually River bed snakes down the canyon; the...
Jay hiking...
Hey wait, what's that? It's Rainier! We stopped for...
Catherine posed in front of the mountain.
Looking off at the routes to be climbed another day.
Another nice shot.
Jay, Catherine, Rainier, and the tip of the rock the...
A much smaller peak near Rainier, with evidence of...
Further along the trail.
Jay on another bridge.
Looking up the trunk of a massive tree.
Jay in front of a fallen tree.
There were a lot of big trees in this forest. I think...
Walkway on the Wonderland Trail, made from large strips...
At the end of the hike - all smiles!
A slice of Douglas Fir at the Longmire camp, with...
Close-up of the date markers.
Trying to look at Rainier on a topo map at the Longmire...
The full model. At the bottom - the tan line is the...
Steel plate girder bridge over the Nisqually River...
I love simple roller supports.
Looking at the trusses under the bridge. Fracture critical, yay!
The bridge again. From far away, this looked like a...
Catherine in the car between Longmire and Paradise.
Starting up the Moraine Trail towards Deadhorse Creek...
Looking at Rainier across some alpine meadows. It was...
Do not assume that Rainier was all there was to see on...
Jay hikes confidently towards a slight obstacle on the path.
About this point, I turned around to look at the range...
Jay with the trail and Mt. Adams behind to the left, St....
Remember that huge steel bridge? There it is way down...
We saw lots of climbers on the Skyline Trail, looking...
We made it to Glacier Vista, 6300 ft. Paradise was at...
Glacier Point, the nearby ridge, and Mt. Adams.
Looking at Rainier from the SE. The main glacier to the...
A guy was out photographing at Glacier Point, so we...
Another picture with Rainier in the background.
Some lupine-y wildflowers on the trail.
Close-up of that waterfall from earlier.
At Glacier Vista, a bee settled on my leg and would....
More pictures of a big mountain.
Big mountain, blue sky, great waterfall. What's not to love.
See? Mr Bee is still there.
It's amazing the rock formations that can be formed by...
One tired hiker paused for a nap on the trail...
More paths less traveled (paved edition).
Ack! We obviously chose the wrong path back from...
Where's Waldo, Skyline Trail edition.
This path had rebar sticking out of the ground, and what...
An even harder Where's Waldo... in there, there is a...
I swear he's there. Sadly, the two times he popped his...
Another shot of a meadow and Mt. Rainier.
A map that would have been more useful to show before...
Some information about the routes. We were trying to do...
Mt. Rainier from the lower Paradise parking lot.
More wildflowers. It was so nice to see things in bloom.
I took this picture four times. Jay looks great in all...
Hikers heading to the car...
Mount Rainier from the airplane. St. Helens is in the...
Second shot of Rainier. Tucson desert, this is not!
The road to Rainier! Li'l Blue managed to get through...
My friend Jeremiah from grad school came to visit in...
We headed to Mt. Rainier and parked at the Longmire...
Neither Jeremiah nor I had snowshoed before, but it was...
One of the ranger station lodges at Longmire.
Catherine suited up for the hike.
Catherine hiking. I think Jeremiah's and my camera...
Bridge!
Looking up into the trees.
Jeremiah heads up the trail.
Crazy tree still exists! ...
Catherine hiking uphill.
Catching snowflakes on my tongue!
Snow on the treetops.
Jeremiah with a slight view.
Probably pausing to change gear. Or set up my phone to...
Looking down towards the Longmire Lodge.
More snow, trees, and clouds.
A little birdie landed precariously on the top of this tree.
Tweet tweet.
When I was last here, the view was much better....
Self-photo.
The snow made the area very peaceful.
D'oh! Snowflake ruined this one.
More pretty trees.
Looking down on Longmire.
This was one of the nicest parts of the trail. Good...
Jeremiah up the trail.
Tunnel. Alternate pathway?
The wide, wonderful views from the lookout.
Catherine at the lookout. I probably can cut off the...
Continuing to hike.
Observing the wide world to my left.
And considering starting a death tumble.
Nearing a big clearing on the trail.
Jeremiah in the snow.
I wasn't 100% sure this meadow wasn't actually a lake. ...
It's funny how everything looks like it was taken in...
Close-up of a tree branch with snow.
I still have no idea what was going on here. There was...
AND, we had to walk directly underneath it. ...
Cool split tree trunk.
I think at least one of us took a picture of every...
Very strange-looking cliffs that I thought the...
Another shot.
Back in the car after hiking. Time to head back to OlyWa.
Looking down the Nisqually River from the Nisqually...
Looking back at the bridge, of course.
Roof beams in the main room of the Paradise Inn, Mt Rainier.
Giant grandfather clock made with log accents.
Another shot of the framing.
Mt Rainier from the Paradise Inn. Clouds were definitely...
Another shot of Rainier.
Looking down at the Inn. Bob and Lucie had rented a room...
I never actually figured out if these were the same logs...
There was a Mail Bear, for all your mailing needs.
Friday morning, Lucie and I set off on a hike from the...
Most of our path can be seen on this map. Our full route...
Bob came with us the first bit, then circled back...
We didn't see too much wildlife, but did see this guy -...
Myrtle Falls and a bridge.
Catherine on the bridge over Myrtle Falls.
Looking up into the meadows. Sadly, the clouds from the...
Fortunately, the view away from the mountain was clearer...
Quick, who can spot the marmot??
Here's a clearer shot. We saw at least three in this talus pile.
Panorama looking away from Mt Rainier towards what I...
Sawteeth Mountains (?) and some wildflowers.
Another bridge!
And another! This one appears to have a structural flaw,...
Catherine by a stream through a beautiful meadow.
Can you see the marmot?!
How about now?
Note: that's our trail he's peering over. I eventually...
And so willing to pose for us.
Big fat nose.
These reminded me of the flowers Mom planted on my porch.
Meadow + flowers. If it had been clear, Mt Rainier would...
I convinced Lucie to divert from our path to Sluiskin...
Lucie stayed on the edge and I ran down to have my...
Glimpses of mountains, and wildflowers.
Lucie hiking down the Lakes Trail. There is some blue in...
I turned back to see how far the blue had reached...
Later, a little more.
And later, still more!
Meanwhile, we had hiked our way into some beautiful...
I didn't get any incredible shots, but you can see why...
When we reached Faraway Rock (I believe) overlooking...
The clouds didn't clear to a point of a great view while...
Also, Lucie took this awesome shot of me.
Close-up isn't as good, but again, shows Louise Lake below.
The Reflection Lakes are another popular destination for...
Of course, they hope and wait for clearer skies and...
But I was happy with what I could capture (yes, that is...
Another try.
And then it all cleared and I got this shot! Okay, I...
Catherine plus part of a mountain.
The top of the mountain peaked out for a bit.
Reflection Lake and the top of Mt Rainier. And some clouds.
Top of the mountain.
Wildflowers on the side of the road.
Bob later informed us that while Lucie and I looked at...
Beautiful waterfall next to the 4th Crossing Trail...
I am sure that water is so cold. But so clear!
Instagramed version of the stone bridge on the Valley...