I skipped ahead to post pictures of Labor Day, but I want to go back and post the rest of my pictures from Mt. Rainier! So here is day two. It was a Friday, and Dad and Christina weren't able to join us until the evening. So Mom, Amber and I took a hike up by the Sunrise visitor center. We hiked up to an area called the Burroughs. It was bit harder than I expected and it was pretty hot that day, but it was still a great hike! Sadly, it was also pretty hazy. We still got some amazing mountain views, though.
Shadow Lake
Wildflowers
We hiked along the edge of this valley. If you look down toward the bottom of the valley, you can see the beginning of the White River, which ran by our campground. Also, check out that beautiful turquoise-colored lake! I never could find a name for it.
All these people were hiking down as we hiked up. We realized that we had chosen to go the "wrong" (harder) direction on a loop trail between the visitor center and the Burroughs.
Do you see those little white specks? Those are goats!
The green, forested section down in the valley is called Berkeley Park. We didn't get to hike down in there, but I would like to come back sometime and do that.
That bare hill is First Burrough and the long steep trail up to its crest was our last hard push before we headed back down.
We made it! Check out that view of Mt. Rainier!
Frozen Lake. We hiked past it on our way back down. The path back to the visitor center was much easier and much faster!
Dad and Christina met up with us at the campground. We were sorry that they missed hiking with us. We took them down to the White River around sunset, though, where we admired Mt. Rainier again.
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