We liked Vancouver. Went to Stanley Park and walked around; definitely our kind of city. Perhaps a little too far north, the sun set around 10pm which is a tad odd. I'd hate to be there in January when the sun sets at 3pm.
Unfortunately the things we wanted to do in Vancouver all involved spending more money than we had. So we left Canada and drove back to Washington, this time down the east side of Seattle and to Mt Rainier National Park.
Mt Rainier was socked in with snow. We got a site at one of the lower elevation campgrounds on the east side of the mountain (Ohanapecosh or something like that). The next day we walked along the river since most of the trails in the park were under 8 ft or more of snow. The river was full and there was a 1/4-mile or so long section of rapids/cataracts called Silver Falls. It was really gushing.
Naturally we did not climb over the barrier for a closer shot.
Aaron had a cold, so the hiking was fairly short. We continued along to a boardwalk in a grove for lunch and turned around. Brought the extra sleeping bags into the tent at night for the 40-something chill.
No comments:
Post a Comment