Hiking the Cascades

Days Unemployed: I. forget.
Maybe it's for the better that I've forgotten. Today, this is what I did.
Hmmmm, better than sitting in an office all day, no?

View right above Olallie Lake, (Northern Cascade Range)

Reflection in the water of the mountain above it. Talk about placid water reflection!

Reflection of the Alpines

Standing in front of Olallie Lake

Talapus Lake, elevation 2,600 ASL

Talapus Lake, Northern Cascade Range

Anyway...fun stuff. You would have liked it.

Tomorrow...

Will be a day that involves my camel back, head lamp and hiking boots. I'm off to explore the wilderness with a friend I haven't seen in awhile. I love that I live so close to the mountains, maybe I'll even do a little bouldering if I can find a good rocky crag to mess about on.

I went last week by myself. It was a little impromptu and the first time I ever went alone. ( Chillax Mom.) I quite enjoyed the experience by myself as it gave me mounds of time to pray and enjoy the beauty of God's exquisite creation around me. At one point I had reached a clearing over a high bluff where the evergreens were so perfectly aligned they looked like wallpaper. It was awesome and I got it all to myself.

(Note: Military caps are an excellent piece of apparel when you can't be bothered to shower for three days. It seems the dirtier I am the more compliments I receive. Maybe the Euros have it right, eh?)