My Fourth Adventure

Matthew holding up Mount Rainier

Hello everyone! Last week I went camping at Mount Rainier which is an active volcano.  The weather was warm and sunny most of the time and the only downside was the giant flying ants. YUCK! :P 

Box Canyon

On the first day we went on a nature walk at Box Canyon.  From the bridge that goes across Box Canyon it is 180 feet down to the surface of the water.  My brother is afraid of heights so as soon as he saw the big drop he ran away like a scared little girl.  Next we went to eat a picnic lunch near another hiking trail.  Strangely the one with the least bugs was the table that looked like it was the least used.  Next we went on the Silver Falls trail near our campsite and my dad wanted to go the long way that included a steep uphill climb, Ya thanks Dad.  In the middle of the hike we came to a huge waterfall which unfortunately for Michael also required us to cross a very tall bridge where you could see the raging river flowing through the cracks in between the boards.

 On the second day we went on The Grove on the Patriarchs trail to look at all the old trees and my parents made Michael and Matthew and I read EVERY SINGLE DESCRIPTION that they had along the trail to explain the different trees.  After that we went to the little town close to Mount Rainier called Packwood.  We stopped at the grocery store for paper towels and Reese's Peanut butter cups to use instead of regular chocolate with our smores (yumm!!)

haha short!!

a moraine

On the third day we went to a museum about everyone that climbed the mountian and the animals in the area.  Then we went up Mount Rainier to an area that was called “Paradise” ironically there was about 10 feet of snow on the ground and it was raining a little.  We went inside the visitor center (where obviously the weather was much nicer) to have apple cider and watch a movie about Mount Rainier.  On our way back to the campsite we stopped to take pictures of a moraine which is what is left over from the Nisqually Glassier. 

Kelsie catching snow

On the fourth day we went to Reflection lake except it didn’t really give off a reflection because it was still partially frozen, but we had a snowball fight and got really good pictures of Mount Rainier.  Then we went up to Sunrise to look at the visitor’s center but there wasn’t much there so we played in the snow instead.  Michael decided to try to slide down the ten foot mounds of snow on his feet so I took a video incase he fell but the only person that fell was me when I tried to slide down.  There was also a news reporter there from channel seven to talk about all the snow and he saw Michael sliding down and decided to use him in the news report.  Then we rode home listening to a song about…I think it was a color TV and a car?  The best part of coming back though was having teriyaki for dinner.  We get it from the teriyaki place by Safeway and order a feast of Pot stickers, noodles and beef.  Afterwards I took a shower for the first time in four days. Hooray for indoor plumbing!!  That’s all for now check back next week for my next adventure.