With unusually hot weather in the Seattle area, we opted to avoid the (sunny) high country for our now weekly hike. Instead, we headed back to the NW corner of Mt Rainier for a walk in the temperate rainforest along the Carbon River to Green Lake. This was a return trip for Tom, having done it decades prior, but it turns out his memory had faded. The first few miles were along an old road, abandoned many years ago by the repeated flood damage caused by the unruly Carbon River. But even this road section of the hike is inside the Park, so the ancient forest was intact. The trail itself winds uphill through big (but gradually smaller) stands of trees, by a lovely waterfall, up to the totally unremarkable lake. It was all very lush and the old-growth forest worked its calming magic on our souls. And the heat wasn't too bad, either, though jumping in the stream upon our return to the road did momentarily cross our minds.
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Rainforest Hiking
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Ranger Falls
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Deer Ferns
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