Comet Falls

We have been trying to go on an adventure every Saturday to take advantage of all the nice weather we have been having. It won't be long before we are home bound way more often than we would like. Yesterday we headed up to Mt. Rainier to go on a hike. We picked Comet Falls which is short but steep. 3.6 miles round trip but with a 1400 foot elevation gain. It was a little bit much for this out of shape Mom. Even little Kate's legs were doing a better job than mine. Sad to say, but all of our breaks were for my sake (except for a potty break for our girls). So today I am soooooo sore. I woke up and asked Dave to bring me some Advil and went back to sleep. I tried really hard not to grimace while at church, and now all I can do is think about how glorious it will be to hit the sack tonight.

The hike was fantabulous though. We followed Comet Falls creek the whole time and got to see it from several different vantage points (my favorite was the first). It was one of those misty Rainier days, were all the foliage is covered in dew and the air is almost wet because the fog keeps sneaking in and then rolling out. We didn't see any wildlife, except one very scary looking spider, but we were not disappointed. Beautiful Fall color lined the trail all the way up and we even hit a patch of snow.

And of course I had lots of subjects to snap pictures of...

Enjoy the slide show of our trip... hope it inspires you to get out this weekend:-)