Snowshoe Mt. Rainier

April 15, 2012

Today we snow showed at Paradise in Mt. Rainier National Park. We drove up to the Paradise Visitor Center to talk to the ranger about trail conditions. We are still getting used to our new DSLR camera. The first photos we were taken are completely over exposed. The snow has white-washed all the surroundings. Please excuse the amateurs here. The sunlight reflecting off the snow was blinding. Good thing we remembered our sunglasses.

Joe fell down.

Cloud cover must have helped since we started to take normal looking pictures.

Mt. Rainier, near the Nisqually glacier, one of 26 that cover the majestic mountain.

“dream of para-para-paradise Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh”

Cascade mountain peaks.

New profile pic?

Don’t ask what he’s doing.

Now that’s a seriously sneaky Asian look…

Snow shoe tracks.

Snow shoe action.

Mt Rainier.

Hikers skiing back down the mountain.

Cascades.

Joe licking the nipple.

Close-up of the summit.

Serious.

Our snow shoe tracks.

Joe

Mt Rainier.

After a few detours it was time to head back down the mountain.

Some of us don’t handle going down steep mountains well in snow shoes.

We had a great day hiking in the snow in mid April! We drove over to Seatac to pick up Dave Howard who was in town for job orientation & training with Alaska Airlines. It was great to catch up and over dinner and drinks at Elliott Bay Brewhouse in Burien. I love their coffee stout. Good times. Who knew that friends from NC would meet again under these circumstances? Can’t wait to see him, Alexis and their son Jack in August when we head to Juneau for a few days.