December 16, 2015

One Day at Mount Rainier National Park

In 2015, I cast my eyes upon Mount Rainier for the first time. What a majestic mountain! Mount Rainier rises 9,000 feet right in front of your very eyes… a dormant volcano that demands your attention. Because we were touring many sites throughout Washington, we were only able to spend one day here. We started the day early, arriving via the Nisqually entrance.  We stopped for a quick visit to the Longmire Museum and found this giant slice of a Douglas Fir that began growing in 1293 and was cut down in 1963. It was very…