. Last night while we were driving into Olympia, Washington at twilight we looked up to see a ghostly image - Mount Rainier… Later, Carl read in the National Geographic Guide to National Parks “Because Mount Rainier creates it’s own clouds and can hide for days or weeks at a time, come prepared to focus on delights close at hand: waterfalls, woods and wildflowers.” So when we woke up and looked outside to find another clear day we were feeling lucky that our string of good weather would allow us such good views of the mountain! Statistics Starting Destination: Yelm, Washington Ending Destination: Morton, Washington Ending Destination GPS: N: 46° 33.071’ W: 122° 16.630’ Elev: 358’ Miles Driven: 142.8 Distance Walked: 2.5 miles (4 km) Meeting the Mountain img=http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/3182/webr
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