Rainier hiking day

We went on a day hike along a high lakes loop in Rainier National Park. It was a gorgeous day in Olympia, but foggy and drizzly up on the mountain. But, that's ok because it was cool enough to hike and just dry enough that we didn't really get wet from the cloud-fog.

There was still snow in a lot of places too! A couple weeks prior it might have been hard to find the trail, but now it's good, and as a bonus, the wildflowers are still blooming!

We stopped here for a snack.

This is right before the final push to back to the car. It was just starting to clear up and get warm, and the last half mile of trail was seriously steep uphill. Ugh! Made for a hot and sweaty return to the truck.