Mount Rainier

Yesterday, Tuesday, Steve and I decided to get out of the house and go hiking on Mount Rainier. Mount Rainier is a dormant volcano that is around 14,000 feet and is full of beautiful wildflowers and wildlife. It only took about an hour to get there from the house and was one of the greatest hikes I've ever been on. Steve and I went on several different trails and we were able to get outstanding pictures along the hike. On our hike we saw an abundance of wild life such as hoary marmots, birds, chipmunks, tons of bugs!!, and even a bear!! We had seen a cinnamon brown bear only 5 feet away from the trail we were on. Steve saw it at first and we were very scared yet very excited. The bear saw us and just kept on eating and enjoying life..it wasn't aggressive and didn't even care that we were there. After standing motionless for a couple of minutes we decided to keep on with our hike.

Because of our wonderful trek we decided to get an annual pass so we can go as much as we want...and it was a better deal to get anyway. Tonight I am making my mother's famous chili for dinner so I need to get on my way to prepare!! Yum-O!

Here are the pictures from our hike yesterday and a couple pictures of Steve and Maggie at Lake Sammamish and our nephew Spencer at Steve's Mom's house. Enjoy your week and God Bless!

Le Whistler!!

This past weekend a bunch of our friends and Steve and I drove up to the wonderful country of Canada. We drove through the beautiful, still snow capped mountains to the ski resort town of Whistler. Whistler was so amazing and still had lots to do in the summer. We were able to go on a 3 mile zip-line through the Canadian wilderness and we hiked to the top of Whistler mountain....not really hiked but rode the chair lift in the freezing cold wind...while wearing shorts! We went for a long weekend to get away from it all, enjoy Steve turning 30 and to have a good time. For the rest of the week we plan on relaxing and spending time with family and friends while it is still summer. Steve received a call yesterday for an interview with Tri-Med Ambulances for Thursday. So keep your fingers crossed and pray that good things happen to him!
Anyways, please enjoy our Whistler pictures and have a wonderful rest of your week!