Mount Rainier

I promised you a post about Mount Rainier, so here it is. My family went sledding on Mount Rainier last Saturday-not down the mountain, in the small area designated for sledding. This was only my second time up the mountain, because I didn't go when my ACL was damaged. It was also my first time out of the car on Mount Rainier.
We started driving towards the mountain, and it was a nice, sunny day somewhere in the fifties. (For those of you who do not live in Washington, these days are rare) As we got closer, we started to notice small patches of snow on the ground. After we got into the Mount Rainier park, it was considerably chillier and most of the ground was covered in snow. The park has a beautiful blend of fir trees and sequoias, and ferns scattered on the ground. Moss grows up the trees and dangles from them, adding a splash of color to the seemingly endless red trunks. As we got higher up the mountain, more and more snow was piled up beside the road from when they had plowed. Then, suddenly the walls of snow were taller than our van, and we couldn't see over them to look at the trees. Faith and Lydia were excited about it, but I must admit I wasn't looking forward to being almost waist deep in snow. Didn't we leave the snow in Ohio?
It really is beautiful on the mountain, though. The drifts of snow were spotless, no footprints or grass anywhere. Here and there the huge sequoias stand, mightily withstanding the glittering, freezing snow. It's amazing what God's creation can look like without being tampered by man!