Family Hike: Sunrise Point At Mount Rainier

Last weekend we crossed off another hike on our PNW wonderland tour and the wait for nice weather was definitely worth it! These views, y’all, I could’ve sat there for days staring off into the horizon never boring from what the skies had to offer. It was beautiful blue skies with sweeping panoramic perspective of perfection (my mom should be proud of that alliteration right there). Sunrise Point is actually the eastern side of Mt. Rainier, the other side from what we’re used to seeing here and here. It’s the highest point that can be reached by car and reaches a *comfortable elevation of 6,400 feet (text from National Park Service website). *Edit: hiking at a higher elevation always humbles any physical endurance I think I’ve accomplished during my weekly exercise routine…really brings my heart rate and heavy breathing RIGHT on up to the equivalence of a 3rd trimester taking the stairs type of scene. Anyway, not a pretty picture. ???? However, I’ll tell you what is …please scroll further to find out.

^^^This little guy may be nearing his end in family hikes. ???? He’s usually a great car companion, but this particular trip he screamed for basically the last 1.5 hours of the trip. Then once we got to the mountain and he was freed from the torture device (known to us as a car seat), and he was like oh HECK NO, you want to strap me into another contraption?! *sigh* We tried to give him breaks, but even those weren’t very ‘freeing’, ya know, hence the massive drop offs that gave me anxiety to even think about.  Thankfully this hike was on the shorter side so we called it quits and let him roam near the designated picnic area. *massages temples for relaxation*