On the way to Canada!

We are on our way to Canada. We are meeting Merril at Mt. Rainier for a radio repeater setup and then on to the Pacific Northwest! Girls are driving up with the gear and stopped at Lagoon and met up with Nicole.

At Lagoon, Julie and Nicole took off and Mikayla and I had a great time doing whatever we wanted.

Juliet has her learner's permit and she drove a lot on the way to Portland to pick up Daddy.

Merril and Mark barely caught a flight to Portland Oregon. The only reason they made it on the plane was because the plane was held at the gate because of a maintenance issue. I picked up Merril and Mark and drove up to Mt Rainier. We were lucky with the weather. Mt. Rainier is often obscured with clouds. We were able to see it with fantastic clarity.

First we had to hustle and get a radio repeater set up. I've only helped Merril take down radio repeaters. So was fun to watch him set up and to snag a picture of him.

After getting the radios set up, we went up Mt. Rainier. We hiked but it was very snowy on the trail.

We saw a killer waterfall on the way down.

We camped close to the repeater. There's danger of bears and I was a little nervous that one would try to eat us. We were lucky and didn't have an encounter.

Mikayla found a frog.

Can I say it was just beautiful? So so pretty!

As we headed north to Vancouver, we stopped at a roadside stand and got some Rainier cherries. They were seriously so good! I love cherries but Rainier cherries are so good and more expensive. We hit the season just right!