So we had these grand plans of doing multiple hikes on mt Rainier everyday of our anniversary trip. There were two problems with that. First of all, we’ve had freakishly cold weather so there’s still tons of snow on Rainier and we didn’t want to end up a news story. Secondly, we were exhausted from the current craziness of our life (hopefully slowing down in September when our internship is over), and needed a lot of just hanging out and relaxing time.
But we did manage to get a 5 or 6 mile hike in one day. Eric’s done way more hiking than me this summer, doing hikes with some of his youth group guys. The first couple of miles were tough for me, but once we had lunch and I got used to it, I had so much fun. Oh yeah, and my knee was starting to really hurt, so Eric prayed for it and it completely stopped hurting! God is awesome.
Our hike started by longmire, and one of the first things we saw was this little tree growing out of a giant stump.
There was also this cool trunk, I don’t even know how that happens.
We had lunch here at the lookout. It was beautiful and the sun was warm (it was a cool day). Some other hikers came along while we were eating (we didn’t see very many people that day which was nice) and pointed out a grouse that had been sneaking toward us.
They thought it might be a turkey, but I looked it up to make sure, it really is a grouse.
We saw a lot of beauty that day. Thanks God for the great weather.