We didn’t write a post for yesterday as it was so rainy we
hibernated. Barbara drove about an hour
to civilization for food, gas, and connectivity, but that was about it for our
activities. Interestingly we had written
“REST” on the calendar for that day. So
that’s what we did.
The next day started out dreary, but by the afternoon it
looked like the sky was trying to clear.
So we decided to hike the Wonderland Trail. The 93-mile Wonderland Trail circles Mt
Rainier with a sum total of 23,000 ft elevation change. Needless to say we only did a tiny portion of
it aiming for two waterfalls.
Here is a rock tower along the riverbed.
This bridge made Barbara a bit nervous as she looked down at
the fast-flowing, glacier-fed Nisqually River below.
Carter
Falls
Madcap
Falls
We were curious about an old wooden pipe wrapped in metal
cable. Bill traced it and found a break, so it is not used anymore. Longmire had a hydroelectric plant in the early 1900's that piped water from higher on the mountain to generate electricity. We think that's what this was.
Hoping for sunshine tomorrow. :-)
