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Narada Falls, Mt. Rainier, Washington
Jun. 30th, 2011 12:40 amI absolutely promise that I am not letting this journal languish... I've been so overwhelmingly busy between working ( yes..while on "vacation"), and traveling, and seeing friends.. and making spectacularly random and probably ill-advised plans that will most likely end in fabulous ruin.. that it's been a struggle to find time to write everything down.
I WILL say..that my hike to Mt. Rainier did not go quite according to plan. Apparently no one remembered to tell Rainier that it's the end of June and to get with the frikken program. Ahem.
My trail that I usually take... that I was going to veer off of to go see Reflections Lake? Yeah. I should have brought skis and snow shoes. No joke.
My trail was BURIED under approximately 15 feet of snow ( and no..that is not an exaggeration). 15 feet. I was standing at the tops of trees. There were people tobogganing.
IT'S JUNE!
Bah.
My trail IS at the higher altitude of the mountain..and I DO see snow there... but it's more towards the very top of the mountain.. and not even close to being this deep. I got to slide down a snow run..which I've never done before.
Either way...I headed back down to lower altitudes ( which..there was STILL SNOW).. and slip slide around on a partial trail down to Narada Falls ( trail was also...still covered in snow). And I grabbed this shot..
I WILL say..that my hike to Mt. Rainier did not go quite according to plan. Apparently no one remembered to tell Rainier that it's the end of June and to get with the frikken program. Ahem.
My trail that I usually take... that I was going to veer off of to go see Reflections Lake? Yeah. I should have brought skis and snow shoes. No joke.
My trail was BURIED under approximately 15 feet of snow ( and no..that is not an exaggeration). 15 feet. I was standing at the tops of trees. There were people tobogganing.
IT'S JUNE!
Bah.
My trail IS at the higher altitude of the mountain..and I DO see snow there... but it's more towards the very top of the mountain.. and not even close to being this deep. I got to slide down a snow run..which I've never done before.
Either way...I headed back down to lower altitudes ( which..there was STILL SNOW).. and slip slide around on a partial trail down to Narada Falls ( trail was also...still covered in snow). And I grabbed this shot..
