Back to Nature

We've been enjoying some really lovely weather here in the Pacific Northwest lately. It's pretty much been sunny and warm, with the exception of Labor Day weekend. One benefit of all this nice, sunny weather is that we've been able to see a ton of Mt. Rainier. It's visible from all over post, and it's actually kind of startling sometimes to make a turn in the car and seeing it looming in the distance. It's so much taller than all the other mountains around it that it looks like it's all alone on the horizon.

We've actually been impressed with most of the scenery on post. Our neighborhood backs right up to a lake. There's a swimming area and a place to rent paddle boats and canoes. We had plans to spend the day there yesterday, but unfortunately all the fun stuff shuts down after Labor Day. Hopefully next summer we'll be able to take advantage of it all.

Since our lake plans didn't work out, we headed to a town just a couple of miles away called Dupont. We took a picnic lunch to enjoy in one of their parks, and then explored a couple of their walking trails. The first one took us along the golf course and had some nice views of Pugest Sound.



The second trail wound through a wooded area and was nice and cool because of all the trees and shade. We had kind of been going back and forth about getting Blasto a jogging stroller, but the trails convinced me. They're so nice and convenient, but a lot of them are gravel, so I think the jogging stroller will definitely be worth the money.