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A virtual visit to the Mountain-part 1

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I am supposed to be at Mount Rainier right now, on our annual trip. But it got canceled. Every year is different, depending on when the snow melts, how warm the summer is and how much rainfall, you can have totally different flowers blooming.

These are from the year 2014. It was a cool, misty week and the lupines were amazing.

The valley carved out by the Nisqually Glacier on Mount Rainier.
Four point buck mule deer in a meadow of lupines.
Close-up of a clump of lupines growing in amonst heather.
A paved trail passing through meadows of lupines and magenta indian paintbrush near Paradise on Mount Rainier.
Meadow of blooming flowers near Paradise on Mount Rainier.
Meadow of lupines with jagged mountains and a cloudy sky.
Golden mantled ground squirrel.
Meadow of bear grass flowers with Mount Rainier in the background.
Wooley marmot ready to make a quick get-away into a stony cave.