Day 4: Mt Rainier NP Trails & Portland

What a day - very beautiful, but also very exhausting. Started driving from Packwood to enter the National Park at 07:00h, to be early enough to secure a parking spot - which worked 😁👍🏼 started my first fast hike/slow run around 09:00 and returned in time for lunch at the Paradise Ranger station. Then drove to Reflection Lake (it’s supposed to reflect the Mt Rainier glacier when waters are quiet, but it was too windy for that today) and did another hike/run in that area. Sooooo nice! 😍 Had some wildlife encounters with chipmunks, marmots and a deer. The ranger said there was even a black bear on the Skyline trail (first trail I did) the day before, but today - luckily - no bear encounters for me. After a quick afternoon snack, I started driving towards Portland, and I’m now lying knackered but happy in my hostel bed 😊 good night!Read more