1 The morning of our Mt. Rainier trip - Dave taking a walk around the new turnaround area we cleared and covered in 12 cubic yards of gravel! It looks really nice.
2 Mt. Rainier wildflowers are in full bloom! Aren't we lucky to get a clear day and lots of flowers! And even a parking spot - wooohooo!
3 Thanks to Richard for driving the "summer campers" over - all of us!
4 Showing Grownup Eagle around.
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6 You're going to see lots of different wildflowers up here. Alpine ones. Love them!
7 Eagle seems to like them, too!
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9 No cell reception up here, so Dave kept slipping away to check messages on his phone using a pay phone. What a conscientious guy. It's been a busy summer for him.
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12 Last time we were here was 7 years ago! I had only a 5 month old Sam with me. Now I have TWO boys!
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15 Nice stream :)
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18 See the snow patches?
19 That's the Tatoosh Range in the distance, behind us. Reminds me of the jaggedness of the Karakoram Range.
20 Getting hot and dry up here, but Sam is a strong guy.
21 This was fun to play in!
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26 Great job catching the summit, AND us. This took three tries. You are a nice guy to do this every time I ask :)
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29 See the snowball in flight?
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32 Ben loves these fuzzy ones :)
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37 Everyone enjoyed the Ben Show, eating this cone. It gets really juicy...
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45 A more secluded hike. It's so nice.
46 Can you find Ben?
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51 Just one cute face, Ben?
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56 A little bouldering to finish off the day :)
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59 And a WONDERFUL dinner at Bruno's! Do you remember Ben's plastic pickup truck that he drove at breakneck speed around the Kailua beaches? We still have it! So of course we had to eat at Bruno's namesake restaurant. It was very good. In Eatonville.
