Monday, October 27, 2008

Mount Rainier













This is my second time that I went to Mount Rainier National Park. I recalled that last time I went there in May. There was thick snow left on the ground and it felt cold. You couldn’t see the path up to the peak. Everywhere was covered by white snow. It looked like the mountain was hiding under the quilt of snow.








However, when I arrive at Mount Rainier the second time I saw that things had changed.
The snow had already melted by sunlight and warm breath. There were wild flowers and grass on every hillside. The spring water ran from gaps in the rocks to the foot of the mountain. The forest appeared extremely jade-green and dense.





My friends and I followed the little path as we walked to the direction of the summit. As we hiked the weather started to change. It stated to get cloudy and began to drizzle, but just a few minutes later it became sunny again. You can see a lot of animals on the mountain such as hair, aquarelles, deer, and different kinds of birds and even bear. When I look at an area of bush there was a little deer that jumped across the path in the front of us. That was surprising and exiting to see and made the trip more interesting. When we were near the top of one little hill, some hikers told us they watched a bear when they got to the top, but the bear had run into the forest when we arrived at the top.






When we went to the top of the hill everybody was tired. Most likely because we don’t frequently do hiking. I stood at the top of the hill and looked at the stream reflecting sunlight like a silver chain twisting thought the mountain and in the distance lakes looked like mirrors in the forest. All the things we looked upon were beautiful sights.






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