The King would have been pleased.

I'm thinking that MLK would have been pleased that I spent his birthday at one of the most gorgeous places on earth (Mt. Ranier)...with my favorite Pole (B), on a sunny and warm (50 degrees) winter day in Washington. Man, I love this place!

That's Mt. Adams in the background. Mt. Ranier is behind me..



So notice that there is absolutely no snow in the parking lot. It was such a beautiful, sunny day!



Bart is showing you just how much fun we were having.
(He has long arms=lots and lots of fun)

Mount "R" The peak is actually much farther away than it appears.

The white arrow shows our tracks--pretty fun! This was my second real backcountry snowboarding excursion. I love the snowboarding part...the hiking uphill--I'm still working on loving.

So we tried to make it all the way to Camp Muir, but the normal path was steep and icy so we couldn't make it without our ice axes. We actually watch two guys try it and they both almost fell pretty far. One lost his ski pole and had to hike down to get it, and the other fell and started sliding down--luckily he caught himself with his snowshoes before going too far.

Bottom Line. I love Washington. I think I'll stay here for a while!