Mt. Rainier

On Monday Brianna and I went up to Mt. Rainier to enjoy the beautiful day. The weather was perfect with a high of 75 degrees. We began at the Sunrise Lodge and headed East on the wonderland trail. It was very beautiful and the views of Rainier only got better the further we hiked. All in all we spent about 3 hours hiking and traveled about 7 miles. There were some challenging climbs that definitely had us breathing heavily but again the views made the journey worth the pain. Being so close to such an amazing and huge mountain really brings into prespective how small and fragile we really are. Hiking on the trails around Rainier fueled my passion for running and especially being in the outdoors. I can't wait to get back up to the mountain and doing some crazy trail running. My dream run is to take off with my pack on and just go until I can't run anymore! How amazing would that be? Just running through God's beautiful wilderness! We only live once and I like to go Big