Compare and Contrast

Cooper- no stress, no worries

Window washing

Today was all about the driving in traffic...city versus country.  We evidently are back country drivers.  The traffic in the city started making us twitchy and it didn't take long.  As you can tell Cooper wasn't feeling twitchy at all.  He wasn't feeling much of anything...no stress and no worries.  Another thing that made Cindi twitchy...window washers.  She marveled at how they could work while suspended by rope over the side of a building. 

Space Needle from Kerry Park Overlook

This morning we decided to take the opportunity to drive into the downtown area to scope out the location of this weekend's wedding venues.  While we were waiting on our oldest and his wife to arrive it seemed like a good way to hang out in the city.  Did not count on the craziness of the traffic.  Heading into the downtown area we noticed a few things...people drive really fast,  people are really impatient, and the roads are not marked in a clear, concise manner.  The most important thing we learned is that our GPS is wonderful...got us where we needed to be, eventually.  We started wondering how on earth did people drive about this city before GPS.

Mt Rainier

Gravel road to Mt. Rainier

We met up with the kids for lunch and a little catching up.  Afterwards we headed our separate ways.  They headed down to the ferry for a trip out to Bainbridge Island.  We decided to head out to Mount Rainier rather than go out on the ferry.  Far easier with the dog to head out to the mountains than off on the water.  We drove fairly close to Rainier on a gravel road that wound itself up through areas that had been logged not too long ago.

Playing with water

Along the way we found snow on the side of the road and lots of small waterfalls that the melting had created.  We could not take Cooper on any hikes in the Park...those pesky rules.  We could only play around along the roadway.  It was a good day even though we could not hike any of the marked trails.







When we got back to the city and turned to look behind us we caught sight of Mount Rainier one last time. 

City view of Mt Rainier

Butterfly and flowers