Camping near American River

In late October my parents and I decided to go out and enjoy the fall weather. And it was beautiful and clear.... and COLD! We met up near American River just east of Mt. Rainer National Park




This is a lake we wandered around.
















This is Mt. Rainer. Really. Just trust me.









It was actually too cold for me to sleep in a tent, so I thought I'd try out my new (to me) Forester as a camper. Lucky me, I was short enough to fit comfortably inside... even sharing the space with a big furry puppy dog.

Here the intrepid campers are. After it warmed up enough for us to move around (it was in the 20's that night. brr).

Rainy Hike

Leo, Anna and I went on a hike to a nearby State Park. We had checked the weather forecast, it was the fall after all. The weather said that the chance of rain was rather small. So we thought, "Great, let's go!"

We had, however, neglected to specify where we wanted to know what the chance of rain was. While in Seattle, the outlook was good, near North Bend (Cascade foothills) it rained and rained and rained. Leo just kept looking at us like we were crazy. But we kept going.


Despite our weather-mania fathers' careful coaching, it looks like Anna and I have a ways to go with maximizing optimal weather and location events.


Well, the waterfall was nice, despite the weather.... and Leo's long sighs.