Mt Rainier 2011.09

In mid-September 2011, we took a short vacation to Mt. Rainier, Washington. This used to be an annual pilgrimage when the kids were young. They're grown now, married, with families of their own. So it was a treat for us that they joined us. We did most of our hiking on Friday and the weather was troubled. Not so much that it spoiled the hike, but enough that we returned a day early in heavy rain, low clouds and fog. These pictures are from the trip.

From out the window of our room, looking back over the historic Inn at Paradise, toward the summit of Rainier. This was the only time the "mountain was out" and the only photo of it that not at least partially obscured by clouds.
On the morning of our hiking my daughter, son-in-law, and I got up as dawn was breaking. We wanted some dawn pictures of the mountain. This is the front of the Inn as we headed up the trail.
Later in the day, the sun came out and it was beautiful. Clear, crisp, cool ... wonderful hiking weather.

Wildflowers were near their peak at 6,000 feet, in SEPTEMBER. We've had a cold summer.

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