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Mt. Rainier National Park is one of those parks that is really best experienced by the physically fit; almost everything is on a slope (yeah, it’s a mountain, after all!) and the main activities are stunning and precipitous hikes. For the less adventurous or in shape, driving through the park is still a visual feast.
Mike and I did one short hike straight down from the Sunrise location that ended at a small, gemlike green lake. Once at the bottom, we were overheated and rewarded ourselves with a swim in our underwear, scaring the amphibious “water dogs” inhabiting the shallows, salamander-like creatures native to the park whose like I’d never seen before.
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