Ward Member's Recommendation

Yesterday, at church Hans was talking to a member in our ward. He told him that we saw Mount Rainier and it was beautiful. After telling him about our adventure, he told Hans of a another place that is better and you can get closer to it. So today, Hans took us to the better way. Here are some pictures of our day trip adventure.

 This is one of several waterfalls off the road in Mount Rainier National Park, probably from the snow melting.

 Hans and I thought this was pretty funny. No Pets and the only way to get into this lake is by cross country skiing. We haven't come across a sign like this before. This is right next to the following picture.

 This is me next to all the snow. Let me tell ya. We were not dressed for such an occasion so this is the only picture with someone in it.

 Hans took a picture of the fog, but this isn't even as bad as it got. We weren't going to stop in any of those places either.

 This is where Hans hit a bird. Lovely isn't it?

 This is supposed to be a lake. We think this is the lake the guy from our ward was referring to. He told Hans that you could go to this lake and it would mirror Mount Rainier. As you maybe able to tell this is why we were confused as to where it was. You couldn't see anything off in the distance or mirroring it at all. We are going to find out when the best time of year to go and see this lake/ Mount Rainier. Oh well, we had a lot of fun checking everything out.

 Here is a close up of what the lake water looked like. Insanely cold I say, insanely cold!

 This is across the road from where I took the lake pictures. The snow pack was crazy.

 One of the look out points. B-E-A-utiful!

And the look out point again.

Arlee had a blast looking for all the waterfalls off the side of the road and they really weren't hard to come by either. When we would go through the foggy sections she would say, "YAY another tunnel." *When we went on our outing the other day to Clear Creek Falls we went through a tunnel and she loved it. When we started the venture out today she said she wanted to go through the tunnel again. I told her that we would have to see if we could find another one. She waited patiently through the car ride and when we came to the fog she said, "Yay, a tunnel!" When we would come to any of the other foggy patches that is when she switched to "Yay another tunnel!" Normally, she would clap her hands and get pretty excited. Her reactions were much the same when she would see all the waterfalls too. Driving in the car with her is not a hard thing. She loves to look at all the "Pokie trees" (pine trees) and "water" all the different rivers. When she sees them she will shout out whatever it is and tell you to look to. I am going to be surprised if she ever falls asleep on our little outings since there is so much that she likes to look at.

Until next time,
The Hoges