Kidless in Seattle: Part 2

On day 2 God blessed us with the P.E.R.F.E.C.T weather so we decided to head to Mount Ranier National Park.  It was beautiful.  The forest was green.  The sky was crystal clear.  And the snow-covered, sleeping volcano showed its smiling face ALL day, which I'm told is not the norm.

It was calling to us!  :)

Slokum Falls

The river was beautiful.  

Could have sat and watched and listened to it all day, but we had hiking to do!  

Mount Ranier...don't think I will be climbing it :)

Once in the park we hiked on 2 of the shorter trails that were NOT snow-covered.  (It is summer! I have no desire to go traipsing thru more snow.  No thanks!) The foliage and water were amazing to me!  I am a CO girl.  We don't have enough water in CO to be this green, have this much ground coverage, this many streams, or trees that are so tall and big around.  CRAZY!!

Silver Falls (much bigger than the pic is showing)

The park rangers would be disappointed in us...we were not on the trail at this point. 

 

Goofing around

 

The Grove of the Patriarchs
   

And this would be why not all of the roads were open in the park.  This is how much snow was still stacked up on the side of the roads.

If you ever get chance to go to Mount Ranier National Park I highly recommend it.  There are so many places to explore in the park and it would be a fun place to go camping with the family.  Although the weather will probably not be this nice every day...at least not in June.  :)