Posts Tagged “mt rainier”

We enjoyed some truly amazing views of Mt. Rainier and Mt. St. Helens on our way down to Portland:

We also ran into this random lovely spot on our way to look at Bigfoot statues:

And we took a brief detour up to Mt. Rainier National Park. After all, we have just a couple of months left on our national parks pass, so we’re trying to make the most of it!

We had perfect weather every single day of our trip except this day. Our park day was really, really cloudy and drizzly.  So, this made for a different experience than what we had expected, but it was still gorgeous and lovely in its own special way! We loved the moss hanging off these trees:

And we saw some other fun and interesting plants:

Here’s a photo from Narada Falls:

Because of some roadwork, we were “stuck” at Christine Falls for a while.

They were so amazing that we could have stayed all day, but we forged ahead to the visitor’s center at Paradise. We saw some incredible wildflowers and clouds in the Paradise area:

Because we were so short on time, we elected not to hike to the viewpoint to see one of the glaciers. We thought we probably wouldn’t be able to see anything anyway through the cloud. But we did see some glacier pieces around!

And a trip to a national park is never complete until you see some wildlife.