Welcome Home!

  

Mount Rainier from Chinook Pass ( we took this photo in June) Not clear this trip.

  

Sweet little girl using her Tablet. Too cute!

  

Young man named Troy     

    

The dear deer family, in the yard this morning, welcoming us home from our camping trip.
As I watched them prune my Himalayan Huckleberry I wondered why I didn't care. Actually, I know why I don't mind sharing my flowers and veggies.
The deer is such a beautiful creature, it is a blessing to be able to watch them from our kitchen window, deck or wherever they happen to land.

This is our last trip of the year. We camped at Ohanapecosh. We hiked to Silver Falls, drove to Mount Rainier, enjoyed nature at its finest. We seldom see many animals in Mt. Rainier national Park. It is so huge and this is a good thing. Years ago we camped in a place where the deer would enter tents and children would ride on them. Not a good scenario for  deer.
We did see one deer in the park and a field mouse entered our campsite. We also saw a deer on the way home near lake Meridian.
I'm posting a photo of the mouse, not a great photo as it kept scooting all over the place.
I'm also posting photos of people or events that seemed photo worthy.

Our camp site was very spacious.      

Still wondering how this happened. It was a one-way road.

This was view from parking lot near the lodge.

 I spotted this fern near Near Box Canyon. Very petite and seemed to be full grown.

                    Pearly Everlasting ....

                                     Joe in front of store at Longmire

                       Below...men working on Paradise Inn

SUNRISE

Sometimes just a few steps make a difference!  I got this shot at the end of our driveway.

      

Les Adorabeles ( incorrect, but it makes me feel good)

Photos etc.

                                            Do we look happy? We made it to the top of Hurricane Hill.....Now we
                                           need to get back to the Visitors Center.

                                  I was trying to get a photo of a very small chipmunk but it was too fast for me.
                                   Notice the size of the tree...dwarfed by the cold weather.
                           The photo of us ( taken by a kind man) is misleading as we were in the midst of rocks.

        

Oops! Almost forgot the birdie babies

                                  We spotted these near the casino in Port Angeles ...........

Rainy Day below....heavenly above.

                                         Hurricane Ridge   

Salt Creek...Tongue Point

                                     Joe and I both took photo of this view of Tongue Point
                                     I chose to post the better one....by Joe

Reggie Jackson by Mark Hammontree

Mark created this for his sister Claudia. When we visited Claudia in Port Angeles she allowed me to take a photo of Marks great work.

Residents of Hurricane Ridge

                                              Olympic Marmot

                                                          Chipmunk

                                       We spotted these on our way down the hill to Heart O' the Hills Campground.

                                             On the Hurricane Hill Trail

                                          
                                             Should be photo of buck on side of road.