Jim Travels The World

Sept 15th Drive on to Mt. Rainier, and the mountain is shrouded in clouds. You're supposed to be able to see the peak from 100 miles away, but we can't see shit.  pictured: shit We drive up to the first visitor center to get some trail recommendations but they tell us we won't be able to see anything today. There's a fog all around, and a rainy mist that lasts all day. We drive up to the next visitor center and walk around a bit.  at least it's a nice drive We're bored by now, but on our way back down we stop at a 4 mile hike to a beautiful waterfall that makes us feel much better.  wha-bam! big ass waterfall Then I made the executive decision to stay at the lodge instead of camp because I don't want to sleep in a wet cold tent. hopefully tomorrow there'll be some sun so we can see the peak.  Sept 16th  Awoke and opened the window, and could see the peak of my rainier for the first time it's a huge, imposing thing, towering over everything around. 

Sept 13th  Some day I'll write a book about the best and worst of this country. I'll title it "fat Americans eating ice cream at the national park gift shop".  Drove into Olympic national park and got instructions from park ranger on what to do. I used to plan out hikes before going National Parking, but now i like to ask the local experts. Drove up to hurricane ridge, while it was cloudy. We drove above the fog and did a hike along the ridge, looking down on the fog filling the valleys between snowy peaks. I think there's ocean in there somewhere, too Then to the Sol Duc falls, a rainforest hike to a large waterfall. After that, on to Forks, the town that was the setting for the twilight novels. Everything in town had something to do with the books. That must be so awesome for locals (/sarcasm). Not that we were there for that reason, we were just passing through. I haven't read Twilight, but I read this article on cracked.com so I don't have to. This ar