Surprise at Sunrise

Folks, it was a banner day at Mount Rainier! We saw a mountain goat in the wild! Spectacular!

At first we were simply shocked

Then we had to cross behind him to continue hiking… and we did so carefully (but not without more photos)

Do you think they were talking about the mountain goat or video games?

Truly, Hazey with the gift for rocky perches

Bench on the edge of the world

I didn’t get to visit Foss Mountain this summer, but at least I had this autumn-red meadow to admire instead

Farewell for now, Rainier…