Day 84: Merry Christmas, everyone! This photo was taken on my Christmas Eve Day walk up Mount Rainier National Park's Westside Road and shows snow-covered Mt. Ararat, so named because early explorers purportedly found wooden timbers on its summit. Ararat is to the southwest of Indian Henrys Hunting Ground which in summer is one of the Mountain's most beautiful wildflower meadows. The trail to Indian Henrys from this side was badly damaged during a flood some years ago and was never reconstructed. It is currently listed as an "unmaintained" trail, and the washed-out sections often present navigational challenges, particularly if Tahoma Creek is running high.
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