Taking the fight against TransAlta to the top.Last week two representatives from Fuse Washington interviewed Jen, Julie and Genevieve about why we are doing this climb and what we hope to get out of it. We hope to spread our message far and wide in the next few days so please check out these interviews with the team!
Thanks so much to all the folks who came out to the party! We felt truly blessed by our friends, family, and community. I know that when I’m trudging up that mountain, I’ll be able to dig deep and access all that love and support sent our way on Saturday night.
I took the boys up to Mount Rainier today for a fun sunny family snow shoe. We have not been up as a family since the kids were born but ever since we have talked about climbing the Mountain, I have been compelled to visit and stare as much as possible. The Spring Break weather was great and I wanted to eek out one more day before the weather turned bad…it just so happened to be my birthday so I got my wish! We drove up in the morning and rented snow shoes for the kids-they loved it. Stopped in at the Longmire Ranger Station and the kids loved the museum with all of the stuffed animals that live in the park-the big Mountain Lion was a favorite as were the owl and other birds. We are bird nerds…The ranger recommended a great low-key trail for us and we headed out. With a lunch packed and snowshoes on our feet we set out for out 1.5 mile loop trail that starts in the lower Paradise parking lot…perfect for beginners of all ages including me and Jason! I figured I’d better get used to snow if I am really going to climb this mountain! The weather was so clear and Rainier looked so close-so huge-so intimidating-so beautiful. It took us about 2 hours-not good training time-but great family time. Jason and I carried four little snowshoes the whole way-the little ones got frustrated and tripped a lot-then realized they didn’t need them because they don’t sink! We had a great day-with maybe the most fun coming at the end when we had a big snowball fight and slid down a little snow slide-my first glissade!
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