Mount Rainier day 2 and sunset on the beach...

Got up early this morning to try to get to the park early.  Somehow that never really works out.  We did get out of the hotel around 9am, but the sad thing is that it is noon our time.  The guy at the hotel counter said that the day was going to be beautiful!!  So I got my hopes up that the mountain would be clear.  And this is what greeted us as we turned a corner......

 

 

It was such a beautiful breath taking site!!!  We tried to get a family picture but it was difficult with the light.  We drove up to the visitor center again to get the Junior Ranger badges.  We also stopped at the reflection lakes again and I hiked around the rim to try to get a good picture.  I am pleased with what I got :) 

 

We drove out ot the park a different way to see another side of the park.  It was very pretty too but it didn't have many views of the mountain.  We stopped at a little picnic area for lunch.  Jacob and I hiked back behind the area because we heard water.  We found a wash coming off the mountain and on the way back we stopped to hug some trees ;) 

 

We got to Astoria in time to watch the sunset on the beach.  The boys played and David and I took pictures.  We will see the Goonies house tomorrow along with a few other things.  We can actually see the house from our hotel!!!