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nwhikerMore to remind me that I need to get AC's photos from her.... Dh never takes enough photos, but thinks he has. AC took over 150, hopefully we have a few good ones.
A gorgeous bummer of a hike. 11 miles or so, once side trips and walking to the trailhead from the parking we found were added in. Goal: a view of Mt Rainier over alpine meadows. Result: alpine meadows, the mountain made itself scarce. Things cleared up a bit as we were leaving, but not enough, no where near enough.
Other hikes, we might have hung out a bit longer and waited for the skies to clear a bit, which they were slowly doing but alas, as beautiful as this hike is, the number of mosquitoes and biting flies made standing or sitting still akin to torture. So no. We did not linger.
BTW, AC said, as we walked through a meadow of flowers: "It reminds me of Howl's Moving Castle!" (*) and Perry said "Dare I say it? The Shire!" (*) The movie. Which is different from the book, but excellent.
I'll do more of a write up hopefully when I have time and when AC's photos get uploaded...
Anyhow, a few photos to give an idea...
Indian paint brush and lupine
Alpine meadow, avalanche lilies, and a little hiker called Linnea!
Spray Falls. I realise there is no scale on that initial drop there, and sources online say anything from 80 to 350 ft. Since it's at the level of Spray Park, and the photo was taken before the last climb, 600+ feet in elevation, I'll estimate that it is closer to the higher end. It was truly spectacular.
I will forever be grateful to be able-bodied enough to hike to alpine meadows.
A gorgeous bummer of a hike. 11 miles or so, once side trips and walking to the trailhead from the parking we found were added in. Goal: a view of Mt Rainier over alpine meadows. Result: alpine meadows, the mountain made itself scarce. Things cleared up a bit as we were leaving, but not enough, no where near enough.
Other hikes, we might have hung out a bit longer and waited for the skies to clear a bit, which they were slowly doing but alas, as beautiful as this hike is, the number of mosquitoes and biting flies made standing or sitting still akin to torture. So no. We did not linger.
BTW, AC said, as we walked through a meadow of flowers: "It reminds me of Howl's Moving Castle!" (*) and Perry said "Dare I say it? The Shire!" (*) The movie. Which is different from the book, but excellent.
I'll do more of a write up hopefully when I have time and when AC's photos get uploaded...
Anyhow, a few photos to give an idea...
Indian paint brush and lupine
Alpine meadow, avalanche lilies, and a little hiker called Linnea!
Spray Falls. I realise there is no scale on that initial drop there, and sources online say anything from 80 to 350 ft. Since it's at the level of Spray Park, and the photo was taken before the last climb, 600+ feet in elevation, I'll estimate that it is closer to the higher end. It was truly spectacular.
I will forever be grateful to be able-bodied enough to hike to alpine meadows.
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Date: 7 Aug 2013 14:57 (UTC)While your family did a mere 11.0 mile hike, mine managed 1.5 miles! :^) [of course one of those people also played 6 lacrosse games in the 48 hours prior to the hike, with the occasional cough leftover from pertussis recovery...]