This was the hardest trail I've been on in a while. It could have been that I worked all morning, it could have been the Harry Potter induced lack of sleep, it could have even been the steepness of the trail. I think it was worth it however.....
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Mowich lake
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and again
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one more
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Mt. Rainier from Tolmie Peak
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Tolmie peak fire lookout from the bottom
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the lookout from the top
The flowers up there (about 5300ft, 6000 for the lookout) are amazing
Whew, my legs are sore again just looking at all that!
Enjoy.
Leave the letter that never begins to go find the latter that ever comes to end, written in smoke and blurred by mist and signed of solitude, sealed of night.
-James Joyce