Life on a Mountainside
August 19th 2011 Today, I saw something unusual.
While packing my car to drive downtown, I saw two backpackers cross the inn driveway.
I took a look where they came from, and saw a sign for the Pacific Crest Trail, the same trail I encountered on Mount Rainier (see Welcome to Sunrise).
Turns out, the trail summits Mount Ashland and then passes right next to the inn.
It’s signed so subtly that most people d
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