first times
This weekend I went to my very first National Park.
It was lovely. I’m from the Pacific Northwest, but I’d never visited Mt. Rainier before, and it was awesome to get away from the city and into the trees and snow and cold for a day.
L: iron oxide dyes a small streem blood-orange. R: The park used to have a hot spring and accompanying resort. The baths are still around, and just gorgeous.
I’m lucky this term because I’m getting spoiled with time off. After five weeks of working full time and experiencing bilateral wrist tendonitis for the first time, I’m finally getting some small sorts of vacations.
Yeah, I’m super cool.
This coming weekend I get to go to the coast with my whole family, and the promise of warm weather awaits. I’m sure the change from snow to freezing rain to warm sand will be a bit of a culture shock, but it IS the Pacific Ocean, it won’t be that warm!
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May 29th, 2010 at 9:02 am
Yeah you’re cool. Those like, 12 layers of clothes are dead sexy too ;)
Beautiful evergreen forests are BEAUTIFUL. Do you have more pictures I can stalk? I want to show them off to folks in my continuing debate over why west coast forests are prettier than east coast ones.
Also: BILATERAL tendonitis darling? Really? REALLY?? Someday I will have to give you cheap and illegal treatment out of my practice so this isn’t a continuing problem. Don’t worry, all of the drugs are safe as long as you are spayed.
June 1st, 2010 at 8:19 am
Um, ouch to your tendonitis :( I had a long week at work last week and my right wrist was killing me. Thankfully, nothing ice couldn’t solve, though. I hope you feel better!