Last week was a looonnnnggg week. This made it a lot better:
Yay camping! We joined our friends Barrie, Dominic and Kevin for a weekend of camping at Mt. Ranier. It was 48 blissful hours without internet or phone access, but with enough hiking, napping, not showering and especially bacon grease to make me feel completely relaxed.
Mt. Ranier is freaking gorgeous.
On Saturday, we woke up early (well, early for Mike, late for Barrie, just right for me) to hike in Paradise.
Paradise is like nowhere I’ve ever been- it’s an alpine meadow that has snow covering parts of it year round. I kept thinking of references to The Magic Mountain. And the Matterhorn. (This is what goes through your head all day when you’re a literature nerd from Anaheim.)
We saw animals!
Soon the ground was covered with snow even though it was a warm and sunny 75 degree day. So bizarre.
We got as far as Glacier Point- any higher and we would have needed special gear (fancy walking sticks, giant hiking boots and cross country skis). We decided it was time for lunch.
Check out Mike’s awesome choice in footwear. He really is a 45 year old white man.
There was so much snow!
Just as we were getting ready to head back down, I saw a man eating the BIGGEST SANDWICH I HAVE EVER SEEN. I then proceded to pester Mike to take a picture of it.
It made me miss Derek.
Coming soon- our second hike of the day and WHY we had to hike so goddamned much. (See “bacon grease” reference above.)
Welcome to the adventures of Aubrey and Michael. We plan on using this blog to keep our family and friends back in California amidst on our new adventure here in Seattle Washington!
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the bacon grease incident of 09 just erupted on dominic’s shorts. wait, that sounded perverted but i hope you know what i mean…
By just barrie on 07.20.09 10:05 pm | Permalink
I swear I am the only person I know who hasn’t seen a bear. The unjustness of it all is almost too much.
By Rita on 07.22.09 9:54 pm | Permalink
hahaha, rita that wasn’t a bear. i haven’t seen one either. what you see in that picture is a marmot. they were like EVERYWHERE!!!
By just barrie on 07.23.09 12:27 pm | Permalink
omg rita, i love that you thought that was a bear. you really do belong back in hawaii. that thing was like a foot tall.
By aubrey on 07.23.09 11:12 pm | Permalink
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