I forget the name of this creek but it was only a few miles into the park and it was the first view I had of Mt Rainier. Breathtaking.
This is a little further into the park. When the roads were constructed through the park the engineers took into account the “viewing pleasure” of the public and I must say they did an excellent job in selecting the sites for the viewpoints.
A couple of close-ups of the top of the mountain.
Probably the most visited area of the park is in the south-central part. It was about 12:30 in the afternoon when I arrived in Paradise and, as you can see, the clouds had moved in. I spent some time in the visitors center at Paradise - looked at the exhibits, viewed the park movie, then looked through the telescopes and saw three climbers halfway up the mountain.
The mountain played peek-a-boo with the clouds, but they eventually completely blocked out the view. I joined some of the other visitors on a short walk along one of the many trails in the area.
Mount Rainier and me!
2 comments:
Becky,
I want you to know that I have been following your trip everyday since you left my house. Alaska! Those icebergs were so cool (pun intended :))
You know . . . the Family History Expo is just a couple of weeks away - October 8 and 9 in Pleasanton. 2 days.
I'm just saying . . .
Love it!!!
Seeing the modern day version of settings of Rainier is cool. I've been looking at them through an old, old album (grandma's, era: 1923). Nice to get full-saturation color this time around.
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