Other Outdoor Adventures in Washington

A bit off topic, but today we celebrated the signing of a contract and the completion of two weeks of law school with a hike near Mt. Rainier. We has a pleasant (but knee-unfriendly) 6 mile hike to Panorama Point. Unfortunately, the weather didn't cooperate, so this was the panorama at the top:


Oh well, it is the journey, not the destination.

But we did have one unexpected sight:

Those black dots, which fortunately for us are hard to see, were bears wandering in the meadow as we hiked past them. The park rangers are right, clapping your hands works to keep them away.