Hike to Lake George in Mt. Rainier Park on June 21, 2014

Talk about fun and adventure! We had an amazing day on our hike to Lake George. Ted and I were joined by our grandson, Eli, Betty and her grandsons, Tanner and Mason, and our friend Carol. About a month ago, huge boulders fell off Mt. Wow and landed at the Westside Road parking lot. Apparently there were cars parked there at the time and a boulder smashed into one of them. Lucky the hikers were not there. The parking area was closed for over month as the area was assessed and just reopened this week. Could not believe how huge the boulders were. The boys had fun exploring their surroundings on the way up to Round Pass, three and a half miles from the parking area, then. another mile to Lake George. Lake George is beautiful. Still snow on the lake and some patches of snow around the lake. We had a great lunch, and hiked over to the Marine Memorial. We hiked about 10 miles! Those boys are so awesome! Had so much fun!

Ted, Mason, grandson, Eli, Tanner and me.

Mason, Betty, Eli, Tanner, Me and Carol.

Eli in a  hole that a boulder fell into.

Some snow at Lake George

Beautiful Lake George and Mt. Wow in background.

Lunch time.  Betty brought lots of goodies for the boys.  Tanner and Mason are her grandchildren

She is a great grandma.

Eli exploring.

Ted

Carol and Me!

War Memorial where Marines lost their lives on the mountain.  They were in a 

plane that crashed.

Grandson, Eli, standing by Memorial

Great Grandson's 1st Birthday Party on 6-14-2014

We all helped celebrate Jeremy's 1st birthday in Auburn.   There was quite the crowd there.  Jeremy has lots of loved ones.   He is so adorable!    When he was born in June, he weighed only 1lb. 8 oz.   His little foot was as big as my thumb.  He is a little fighter and has done so well.

Jeremy's dad, Zack, our sweet great grandson, Jeremy,

and his mommy, our granddaughter, Crystal.

Jeremy has great parents!

Grandma, Missy.  Crystal's mom.  Ted's daughter and 

great grandson, Jeremy.

Yummy cupcakes!

Jeremy's aunts and uncle and great grandpa.

Our grandaughters, Kassie, Angie, Theresa,  our niece Jenny, 

Ted's sister, Karen, Ted's brother, Mike and Ted.

Jeremy's grandpas family.

Great grandpa Ted, Me, with Zack, Crystal and Jeremy.

Fun playing volley ball.  Angie, Kassie, Theresa.

Jeremy's gifts.

Jeremy looks pretty cool!

Jeremy with his balloon.

Jeremy's smash cake

We are all singing Happy Birthday to him.

Yummy cake!

Bus loads of graduates passed by.  All were waving!

Opening birthday gifts and cards

Hike to Pack Forest with Buster 6-10-2014

Buster and I took a hike to Pack Forest.    We were going to meet a group of other hikers, but Buster and I got there a little to late to meet them.   We did ten miles that day!  We did good!   It was a nice day.   We hiked down to the Little Mashal waterfalls.   So beautiful there.  Did not see anyone there, it was nice and quiet!  And very beautiful.

Little Mashal Water Falls

Light Boot Hikers Hike at Rampart Ridge on 6-7-2014

Ted and I were joined with Cindy, Joy, Anna, Betty, Al, Tanner and Mason on this hike.

It was a beautiful, sunny day.  We had lots of fun visiting with one another and enjoying all of the beautiful views.  We visited with a couple who had camped out at Pyramid Camp and said they had a good time.   They were from Portland, Oregon.  We also met another couple from London, England.  They were fun to talk to.

We all stopped and had lunch at the high point of the ridge.  Tanner had fun feeding the birds from his hand.  We also spotted a deer with it's two fawns.  They did not seem too afraid of us.

We had a wonderful time with wonderful people!

Cindy, Joy, Anna, Tanner, Al, Betty, Mason and Ted

Cindy

Joy

Me and Anna

Anna

Anna, Cindy, Joy and me at view point looking down to Longmire.

Tanner and grey jay taking one of his Cheetos

Lunch at view point.   Mt. Rainier peaked out a few times.

Deer grazing near us.   Had her two fawns with her.

View of Mt. Rainier from where we had lunch.

Love my boots!

Joy

Me!

Tanner

Tanner hugging huge cedar tree.

Betty  with her grandson, Tanner

Me, Anna, Cindy, Betty and Joy

Hike to Rampart Ridge With Bronka 6-3-2014

Ted, me and Bronka decided to take a hike to Rampart Ridge on Tuesday, June 3 to check it out.   It was a cool, cloudy day.  We did not get any views, but had a great time hiking up to the ridge.  We did the loop trail.  It was a great hike!

Bronka and Ted getting ready to hit the trail.

Beautiful bright green vine maple trees.

Ted hiking into the fog.

Taking a break at the high point of the ridge.

Ted giving us the evil eye!  Scarey!!!  ha!

Bronka and me

Beautiful waterfall.

Me!

Bronka next to a huge cedar tree.