Today is the day we have been waiting for. This is our two-month anniversary and we have
come so far. We are super excited. Today we meet our friends from Nashville at
Mt. Rainier! OK, maybe we should be more
excited about the park itself, but we are ready to see some familiar faces.
We arrived at White River Campground (first come first serve
is always a little nerve wracking) and found out they haven’t been very full
lately, which means there was room for us!
The Arnetts arrived at almost the exact same time we did. We met them at the campground entrance and
Carmen jumped up and down and all over the street when they pulled up. (Thankfully not a busy street). These are friends of ours from church, and we
just love this family. Emma is Carmen’s
age and Zane is a year younger than Audra.
We found our campsites, set up and had lunch. Then we drove up to Sunrise Visitor’s Center,
got 4 Jr. Ranger books and went on a short hike. The views were incredible. It has a Swiss Alps kind of vibe with the
meadows, wildflowers, mountains and snow.
Mt. Rainier itself is almost unbelievable. It is just so big. 14,410 ft.
Washington’s highest point. It
feels like you can see it from everywhere in the park. I think you practically can. We are starting to realize that although the
Rockies in CO are filled with 14-ers, the mountains farther west seem bigger
because you are usually looking at them from a lower elevation. We were seeing 14-ers in CO while we were at
8,000-10,000 feet (difference of 4,000-6,000 feet when looking at the
peaks). Now we are looking at a 14-er
from about 6,000 ft. It is massive!
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