This is it! The last leg of the trip and shortest by far. Only about 3 hours in the car and were in Seattle, but there is one stop to make on the way... Mount Rainier.
The day was a bit overcast thus masking the top of the mountain, but this didn't stop us from a hike. It was also surprisingly cold 55 degrees or less (thus the winter hat on my head). We hiked a trail along a river flowing down the mountain. The terrain was quite different from Multnomah falls on the previous day, but still unlike a forrest I had hiked through before.
Here is the river that we were hiking along. At one point, the path crossed the river presenting a great opportunity to see the landscape.
Here we are posed on the path about ready to cross the river on a log with a handrail attached.
As we continued to climb, the temperature continued to drop, as the temperature continued to drop, more patches of snow were around. We climbed until out path became completely covered by snow and turned around to head back down.
We quickly warmed up in the car and continued on our way to Seattle! My new roommates and unseen apartment were waiting for me!
