For Memorial Day, Trav took us on a long drive all the way around Mt. Rainier. It was cold. rainy, and foggy. And although this meant we couldn’t see the mountain itself, there was no shortage of breathtaking sights along the way. What’s around this bend? A waterfall! And this bend? Craggy black tunnels and a bridge! And this bend? Oh goodie, a ginormous cliff wall HANGING OMINOUSLY OVER THE ROAD. Stopping at the visitor’s center, we discovered it had been demolished and rebuilt since our first visit in 2006. We also spotted this little guy on our way out of the parking lot. As we idled by with our windows down and I scrambled to get one decent shot, he looked back at us, padded softly across two lanes of traffic, and peered up at us with eyes that seemed to say, “I CAN HAS SNAK?”
Paradise, Mt. Rainier, WA
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