Wow, June went by fast. Unfortunately, that means my summer is also going by fast. However, I think I am situated pretty good for some great fun in the next two months. My hard work at the FTC internship the past month and a half has resulted in 28 days of work so far. I…
Month: June 2006
Cool
Check out the post from yesterday, June 28. I added some info on the rock climbing from yesterday.
Beautiful Day
The natural air conditioner (aka Pacific Ocean) kicked into gear today moderating our temperatures from 90 degrees yesterday to a comfortable 80 degrees today. A refreshing breeze has been blowing all day precluding sweating and hopefully making for a good night of sleep. Tomorrow the temps are supposed to drop another 5 to 10 degrees,…
A few more
Here are a few more photos from the Rainier trip: The photo above is of Andrew ascending the glacier as the sun rises creating alpenglow on the Emmons Glacier (click on pics for larger versions). The image below is of Little Tahoma peak at sunrise. Notice the large group of climbers at the top of…
A restful day
Check out the official trip report and more photos of yesterday's climb of Mount Rainier here. Below is a panorama from high on the slopes of the mountain with 12,200+ foot Mount Adams (I like to call it mini-Rainier) in the distance. I got a great opportunity to relax and rest today. I watched…
Mount Rainier!!
Today Andrew and I ascended 14,411 foot Mount Rainier in a 12.5 hour car-to-car effort. We arrived at 6 pm yesterday evening to register and rested in the visitor center lounge until our departure, which was just before 11 pm last night. The route was virtually entirely snow from parking lot (elevation around 5,500 feet)…
Natural air conditioner
Today is Thursday, but it felt like Friday for me because I am taking tomorrow off from work! The first part will be restful, but then its go time… Another good day at work. I was able to mow the lawn this evening and was about to put weed and feed on the lawn, but…
Marymoor Rock
Today was the summer solstice. It's almost 10 pm here in Sammamish and still plenty of light outside. Summer is just getting started in Western Washington with warm temps and bluebird days forecasted for this weekend. The mountains will finally be free of the persistant marine layer so it should be fun! I met up…
Miami Heat!
Miami Heat emerged victorious today in Dallas! I wanted Miami to win really bad. While I definitely noted there team cohesiveness and potential in my blog starting with the New Jersey series, I doubted them after dropping the first two in Dallas. Their unprecedented comeback, winning four games in a row, is a great outcome….
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