1 a) Thurs 9-Oct (Early Afternoon) Driving To Mount Rainier (Via the 7).jpg
2 b) La Grande Dam - Nisqually River Project.JPG
3 c) Nisqually Map (La Grande Dam).jpg
4 d) La Grande Dam - Nisqually River Project.JPG
5 e) La Grande Dam - Nisqually River Project.JPG
6 f) La Grande Dam - Nisqually River Project.JPG
7 g) Alder Dam - Nisqually River Project.JPG
8 h) Alder Dam - Nisqually River Project.JPG
9 i) Nisqually Map (Alder Dam).jpg
10 j) Alder Dam - Nisqually River Project.JPG
11 k) Alder Dam - Nisqually River Project.JPG
12 l) (MOVIE)Continuing To Mount Rainier (Via the 706).jpg
13 m) (MOVIE)Continuing To Mount Rainier (Via the 706).jpg
14 n) Driving into Mount Rainier National Park via the Nisqually Entrance (West Side).jpg
15 o) Staying at the National Park Inn at Longmire (2700 Ft or 824 M).JPG
16 p) Arrival End Afternoon - Getting Comfortable in Room.JPG
17 q) The View ;-).JPG
18 r) No Television and No CellPhone Reception.JPG
19 s) But Comfy and Large Room ;-).JPG
20 t) After Dinner in Hotel Chiling out - Reading Before SleepyTime.JPG
21 u) FridayMorning 10-Oct (View From Other Side of Hotel).JPG
22 v) FridayMorning 10-Oct (View From Other Side of Hotel).JPG
23 w) FridayMorning 10-Oct (View From Other Side of Hotel).JPG
24 x) Fog Turns To Ice.JPG
25 y) Our Room Located at Entrance Side of Hotel.JPG
26 z) Just Before Noon - Spooky Clouds Settling in.JPG
27 za) Back to Stephen King Style ;-).JPG
28 zb) Longmire Museum.JPG
29 zc) A Resident of Mount Rainier National Park.JPG
30 zd) Look, They All Live here in this Region.JPG
31 ze) We Know that One!.JPG
32 zf) You See, That's a WoodRat.JPG
33 zg) Right ... (Weasel Eating a Bird).JPG
34 zh) Look, Who is Here AsWell!.JPG
35 zi) Mountain Lion!.JPG
36 zj) Glad the Museum Residents Aren't Alive! ;-).JPG
37 zk) Human Residency of the Past.JPG
38 zl) Mountaineering is Serious Business.JPG
39 zm) Ready to Mountaineer Ourselves ;-).JPG
40 zn) But First Some Snapshots of the Hotel.JPG
41 zo) Our HotelRoom of Last Night (To the Right - Upper Floor).JPG
42 zp) The 2 Windows on the Upper-Right ... ByeBye!.JPG
43 zq) Ever-Changing Glacial River.JPG
44 zr) Nisqually Glacial River is Taking it Relaxed.JPG
45 zs) Resting Now (Not Much WaterFlow).JPG
46 zt) Ever-Changing Glacial River Explanation.JPG
47 zu) Towards WinterTime You See.JPG
48 zv) So The River Runs Clear at this Height.JPG
49 zw) Blue Bird!.JPG
50 zx) Hill Decorated By Christmas Trees.JPG
51 zz) Bye! ;-).JPG
52 zza) Mount Rainier's 26 Named Glaciers are in Constant Flux.JPG
53 zzb) Creating Beautiful Falls Here and There.JPG
54 zzc) Christine Falls - Mount Rainier.JPG
55 zzd) It's Cold Here ;-).JPG
56 zze) Yep, No Heating I Suppose ;-).JPG
57 zzf) Lekker Koud.JPG
58 zzg) (MOVIE)Climbing Further Up.jpg
59 zzh) RestLess Glaciers.JPG
60 zzi) From Recent Evidence the Nisqually Glacier ....JPG
61 zzj) ...May Advance and Again Become Visible From This Overlook.JPG
62 zzk) The Stillness of the View Is Deceptive ....JPG
63 zzl) ... This is a Powerfull, Dynamic Mountain.JPG
64 zzm) During the past 500,000 Years Lava From Thousands of Eruptions Flowed and Cooled ...JPG
65 zzn) Building the Present Volcano.JPG
66 zzo) Those Lava Flows Are Visible As Gray and Reddish Rock.JPG
67 zzp) Scary !!!!.JPG
68 zzq) (MOVIE)Climbing Further Up.jpg
69 zzr) Mid-Mountain Forest at 4000 Feet.JPG
70 zzs) (MOVIE)Narada Falls.jpg
71 zzt) Narada Falls.JPG
72 zzu) Narada Falls.JPG
73 zzv) Literally Translated, The Name Narada Means Uncontaminated.JPG
74 zzw) Though, As Adviced, Treat Water Before Drinking.JPG
75 zzx) But We're Not Thirsty For It.JPG
76 zzy) We Just Enjoy The Flow ..;-).JPG
77 zzz) And The Sound of Cascading Water.JPG
78 zzza) At 5400 Ft (or 1647 M) - Yippy, Mount Rainier is Showing Itself!! (Paradise Parking Lot).JPG
79 zzzb) Oops, Now It's Gone Again ;-(.JPG
80 zzzc) There You Are! Wow .....JPG
81 zzzd) Mount Rainier is an Active StratoVolcano.JPG
82 zzze) Also Known as a Composite Volcano.JPG
83 zzzf) Elevation 14,411 Ft (4392 M) - Topographic Prominence 13,211 Ft (4027 M) - Ranked 21s.JPG
84 zzzg) The Summit is Topped By Two Volcanic Craters.JPG
85 zzzh) The Mountain Top Encased in over 35 Square Miles of Sparkling Snow and Ice.JPG
86 zzzi) Paradise Inn (Lodging - Open May to Early October).JPG
87 zzzj) Just Closed the Week Prior.JPG
88 zzzk) Stephen King Style ....JPG
89 zzzl) In the New Visitor Center (Just Happens to be the Official OpeningsDay).jpg
90 zzzm) Nice Warm in Here ;-).jpg
91 zzzn) Looking Out on the Nisqually Vista Trail.JPG
92 zzzo) and ... Mount Rainer in all it's Glory! (Zoomed In).JPG
93 zzzp) Facing the Mountain from it's South-Side.JPG
94 zzzq) The Broad Top of Mount Rainier Contains 3 Named Summits (Internet Pic).JPG
95 zzzr) Liberty Cap (the Lowest-NW), Columbia Crest (The Highest), and Point Success (2nd Highest).JPG
96 zzzs) ColumbiaCrest 14,410 Ft (4392 M) + PointSuccess 14,153 Ft (4315 m)-DisappointmentCleaver (R).JPG
97 zzzt) Looking Directly at the Summits or Not (Little Puzzled Here ;-), Mount Rainier it is !.JPG
98 zzzu) Mount Rainier is the Most Heavily Glaciated Peak in the Lower 48 States.JPG
99 zzzv) And According to USGS (United States Geological Survey) ...JPG
100 zzzw) ... About 150,000 People Live on Top of Old Lahar Deposits of Rainier.JPG
101 zzzx) (MOVIE)Outside the Visitor Center.jpg
102 zzzy) As of 2008, There is No Evidence of An Imminent Eruption.JPG
103 zzzz) However, an Eruption Could be Devastating For All Areas Surrounding the Volcano.JPG
104 zzzza) Rainier is Also Capable of Producing Pyroclastic Flows as well as Lava.JPG
105 zzzzb) Right ... That Would Be a Nasty Catastrophe or What!.JPG
106 zzzzc) The Mystery, Beauty and Tremendous Power of Mother Nature ....JPG
107 zzzzd) Driving On, Direction East and Lowering Elevation - Reflection Lakes.JPG
108 zzzze) If the Weather is Clear Mt. Rainier is Reflected in These Lakes.JPG
109 zzzzf) Driving the Stevens Canyon Road.JPG
110 zzzzg) Wow !! ..(Zoomed In).JPG
111 zzzzh) BreathTaking ....JPG
112 zzzzi) (MOVIE)Stevens Ridge.jpg
113 zzzzj) Last SightSeeing Stop in Mount Rainier National Park.JPG
114 zzzzk) Serene Spot ;-).JPG
115 zzzzl) Could be the Bridge over Box Canyon + Cowlitz River (Probably Is).JPG
116 zzzzm) The Gorge is Over 100 Ft Deep and in Spots As Narrow As 13 Ft.JPG
117 zzzzn) Picking Up the Journey Driving Out of the National Park Via Stevens Canyon Entrance-Exit.JPG
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