Cloudy Mount NoRainier

Posted by aiddy on Sat 15 August 2009

essentials for the journey

A cloudy day in Woodinville? Let’s head up to Rainier for some sun and views (well, it has worked before).

The boys had the car packed with mountain essentials: DS; Play Mobil; water (with ice); and a safe full of money (plastic).

big truck

The drive down provided great views, of monster classic trucks

Little H

and cute kids.

Driving in cloud

But once successfully past the antique shoppe and garage sale trap of Eatonville, things started to look a tad murky.

Mount Rainier. No, really

The view of the mountain at Paradise left everyone speechless.

summer meadows in the gloom

At least the summer meadows were in full Jessica-style bloom;

foggy guide service

the guide service hut had melted out since our last visit;

Fay & Toni

and all that cloud kept the water falls flowing.

3 boys

Fay & Toni (cone head & flat head)

The ‘flat head’ and ‘cone head’ impressions went down well.

where's waldo now?

A lovely day – or so they claimed [ed].

Note: This post was updated on 2020-11-08 to fix broken links

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