Retro post

When Julie and I were living in Seattle, we went on a camping trip to Mt. Rainier.  Julie brings this up every time she wants to go camping in the summer and I object profusely.  She says that we had a great time on this particular trip (we did), and I have to remind her all the times growing up that on my family’s camping trips I had to deal with tornados, raccoons, giant mosquitos, heat, torrential downpours, and unruly siblings.  I consider the trip to Mt. Rainier to be an anomaly and would much rather camp at a Holiday Inn.

Overall, we had a great time.  It was fun to hike on the glaciers a bit and see the natural sites.  I have a hard time with high altitudes – I get light headed and confused (more so than normal), but managed to stay alert during our time on the mountain.

Mt. Rainier is a giant volcano, so it was fun to see all the evacuation route signs, but apparently we didn’t take a picture of one.