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Busy weekend. My brother came into town to visit for the weekend, and it was fun to get to show off the various house and yard improvements since his last visit over a year ago.
Saturday we went out to Mount Rainer National Park for some day-hiking. We drove up to Paradise thinking we'd do some of the local trails and check out the recently built visitor center. It was evident though that more than two-thirds of the mountain is still covered with ice and snow. The little status board inside listed that the average yearly snowfall is 684". Year to date they've had 711". It was pretty, but not the kind of thing you want to hike over without special gear. We headed back down to Cougar Rock (which was lacking in older women looking for younger men) and walked up to the falls. We were pretty proud of ourselves for making it up and back, but a jogger guy was running up and down past us the return trip, so it took away some of the sense of accomplishment.
Sunday we went to Alki Cafe and spent the day making a big meal featuring![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cuddlyeconomist's homemade lasagna (described aptly by my brother as 'big as a corn field') and I contributed an America's Test-Kitchen recipe strawberry, blueberry, and cherry cobbler. loree got back from Portland in time to join us for desert and a short visit.
We also squeezed in some gardening work, and of course the watering continues.
Saturday we went out to Mount Rainer National Park for some day-hiking. We drove up to Paradise thinking we'd do some of the local trails and check out the recently built visitor center. It was evident though that more than two-thirds of the mountain is still covered with ice and snow. The little status board inside listed that the average yearly snowfall is 684". Year to date they've had 711". It was pretty, but not the kind of thing you want to hike over without special gear. We headed back down to Cougar Rock (which was lacking in older women looking for younger men) and walked up to the falls. We were pretty proud of ourselves for making it up and back, but a jogger guy was running up and down past us the return trip, so it took away some of the sense of accomplishment.
Sunday we went to Alki Cafe and spent the day making a big meal featuring
cuddlyeconomist's homemade lasagna (described aptly by my brother as 'big as a corn field') and I contributed an America's Test-Kitchen recipe strawberry, blueberry, and cherry cobbler. loree got back from Portland in time to join us for desert and a short visit.We also squeezed in some gardening work, and of course the watering continues.
