Good old father's day on the mountain

Oh, it's the family! Yes, I do have some. For father's day weekend we headed up to Mt. Rainier to hike. Unfortunately, we're not that hardcore, so as we drove up to a cold, windy, rainstorm (somehow I was picturing sunny springtime wild flower warmth, damn) that quickly turned snow storm at higher elevations, we quickly chickened out. But we did still make quite a few stops where we ran around madly getting soaked but having a fabulous time. The sun came out briefly near the end when we reached one of the first little mountain peak, and I a ran out to snap a few photos. Down at the bottom you will see the sunny snow pics. Find the one where the black clouds sweep in after five minutes to eat the sun. Nevertheless, it was great fun. And here are a bunch of cutesy family photos, and an excess of nature shots.