Here are the Einstein riddles as promised.
A) in a street there are five houses, painted five different colors
B) In each house lives a person of different nationality
C) These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke a different brand of cigar, and keep a different pet.
The question is: Who owns the fish?
Clues:
1. The Brit lives in a Red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the center house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the Blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.
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Ships
There are 5 ships in a port.
The Greek ship leaves at six and carries coffee.
The ship in the middle has a black chimney.
The English ship leaves at nine.
The French ship with a blue chimney is to the left of a ship that carries coffee.
To the right of the ship carrying cocoa is a ship going to Marseille.
The Brazilian ship is heading for Manila.
Next to the ship carrying rice is a ship with a green chimney.
A ship going to Genoa leaves at five.
The Spanish ship leaves at seven and is to the right of the ship going to Marseille.
The ship with a red chimney goes to Hamburg.
Next to the ship leaving at seven is a ship with a white chimney.
The ship on the border carries corn.
The ship with a black chimney leaves at eight.
The ship carrying corn is anchored next to the ship carrying rice.
The ship to Hamburg leaves at six.
Which ship goes to Port Said? Which ship carries tea?
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Meeting (meet this challenge)
Another hard nut to crack was published in the QUIZ 11/1986.
Eight married couples meet to lend one another some books. Couples have the same surname, employment and car. Each couple has a favorite color. Furthermore we know the following facts:
1) Daniella Black and her husband work as Shop-Assistants.
2) The book "The Seadog" was brought by a couple who drive a Fiat and love the color red. (Black, zajak)
3) Owen and his wife Victoria like the color brown.
4) Stan Horricks and his wife Hannah like the color white.
5) Jenny Smith and her husband work as Warehouse Managers and they drive a Wartburg.
6) Monica and her husband Alexander borrowed the book "Grandfather Joseph".
7) Mathew and his wife like the color pink and brought the book "Mulatka Gabriela". (black, smith)
8) Irene and her husband Oto work as Accountants.
9) The book "We Were Five" was borrowed by a couple driving a Trabant.
10) The Cermaks are both Ticket-Collectors who brought the book "Shed Stoat".
11) Mr and Mrs Kuril are both Doctors who borrowed the book "Slovacko Judge".
12) Paul and his wife like the color green.
13) Veronica Dvorak and her husband like the color blue.
14) Rick and his wife brought the book "Slovacko Judge" and they drive a Ziguli.
15) One couple brought the book "Dame Commissar" and borrowed the book "Mulatka Gabriela".
16) The couple who drive a Dacia, love the color violet.
17) The couple who work as Teachers borrowed the book "Dame Commissar".
18) The couple who work as Agriculturalists drive a Moskvic.
19) Pamela and her husband borrowed the book that Mr and Mrs Zajac brought.
20) Robert and his wife like the color yellow and borrowed the book "The Modern Comedy".
21) Mr and Mrs Swain work as Shoppers.
22) "The Modern Comedy" was brought by a couple driving a Skoda.
23) Pamela and her husband drive a Renault and brought the book "Grandfather Joseph".
Is it a problem to find out everything about everyone from this information?
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Gardens
Five friends have their gardens next to one another, where they grow three kinds of crops: fruits (apple, pear, nut, cherry), vegetables (carrot, parsley, gourd, onion) and flowers (aster, rose, tulip, lily).
1) They grow 12 different varieties.
2) Everybody grows exactly 4 different varieties
3) Each variety is at least in one garden.
4) Only one variety is in 4 gardens.
5) Only in one garden are all 3 kinds of crops.
6) Only in one garden are all 4 varieties of one kind of crops.
7) Pears are only in the two border gardens.
8) Paul's garden is in the middle with no lily.
9) Aster grower doesn't grow vegetables.
10) Rose grower doesn't grow parsley.
11) Nuts grower has also gourd and parsley.
12) In the first garden are apples and cherries.
13 Only in two gardens are cherries.
14) Sam has onions and cherries.
15) Luke grows exactly two kinds of fruit.
16) Tulips are only in two gardens.
17) Apples are in a single garden.
18) Only in one garden next to the Zick's is parsley.
19) Sam's garden is not on the border.
20) Hank grows neither vegetables nor asters.
21) Paul has exactly three kinds of vegetable.
Who has which garden and what is grown where?
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Florence
Day 40 Oregon
The day is young, and were off to Grandmothers house. To Grandmothers house we go.
Florence Oregon, a mecca for old folk, and sand boarders alike. A land of lakes, and sea. Dunes, and wood. What better for the location of my Grandparents house? All that was left is the five hour drive to get there.
At this point five hours in the car is a cakewalk, and passes in a blink. The only excitement on drives like this, aside from the stunning scenery, is the occasional terrible driver swerving this was and that. This drive we had nothing of the sort, and so it passed into uneventful memory.
Arriving at the house we were greeted by the smiling faces of Grandma And Grandpa Olson. My fathers parents. Despite them having been down our way just over a month ago they treated us like the prodigal sons returned. Showering us in such extravagance as steak for dinner, and real wine to accompany it. It felt like cheating, having been in Coeur d'Alene on vacation only a few short days earlier. Initially planned on only spending one night at the grands homestead, but the promise of a fulfilled day of river kayaking, and a birthday dinner for Zach convinced us to stay an extra day.
I spent the rest of the evening solving Einstiens riddles. I'll post them separately for your riddling pleasure.
Day 41
It has been said "Wake up and smell the roses" I prefer "Wake up and smell the bacon", and that's exactly how we stirred from sleep. Fresh bacon, scrambled eggs, toast, and juice. Everything a breakfast should be, and everything we have been without this trip.
After breakfast we packed the truck with two kayaks, and drove into town to rent another, as my Grandfather had to work, and would be unable to join us. The kayaking in Florence was broken into three categories. Ocean, lake, or river. The ocean was out due to my grandmothers oldness (love ya), and the lakes were to mellow, so we settled on the river. Now these are no ordinary rivers, they are tidal, meaning they are salt water, and flow with the tides. We made sure to time our trip according to the tide, so we would be going with the flow of water in both directions, and set out.
Five hours, and five miles we floated. Doing epic battle with hippos (cows) in the river, casually picking blackberries growing along the bank, and taking the occasional swim. It was a perfect way to spend an afternoon, we even surprised my aunt with a phone call on her birthday.
With Zachs birthday approaching on the 15th, we decided to celebrate a little early, and settled on a recommended Chinese food place in town. The food was excellent, though to much. The plates were the largest I have seen in a Chinese place, and stacked high. Needless to say, we will have lunch for the road. Back home Zach got a nice singing card, and a delicious dark chocolate cake. (All this city living is going to put the weight back on if we aren't careful.) All said and done it was a good side trip, and we were ready to get back into California.
MILEAGE:
Driving-
This trip: 190
Total: 5701
Walking-
This trip: 0
Total:206
The day is young, and were off to Grandmothers house. To Grandmothers house we go.
Florence Oregon, a mecca for old folk, and sand boarders alike. A land of lakes, and sea. Dunes, and wood. What better for the location of my Grandparents house? All that was left is the five hour drive to get there.
At this point five hours in the car is a cakewalk, and passes in a blink. The only excitement on drives like this, aside from the stunning scenery, is the occasional terrible driver swerving this was and that. This drive we had nothing of the sort, and so it passed into uneventful memory.
Arriving at the house we were greeted by the smiling faces of Grandma And Grandpa Olson. My fathers parents. Despite them having been down our way just over a month ago they treated us like the prodigal sons returned. Showering us in such extravagance as steak for dinner, and real wine to accompany it. It felt like cheating, having been in Coeur d'Alene on vacation only a few short days earlier. Initially planned on only spending one night at the grands homestead, but the promise of a fulfilled day of river kayaking, and a birthday dinner for Zach convinced us to stay an extra day.
I spent the rest of the evening solving Einstiens riddles. I'll post them separately for your riddling pleasure.
Day 41
It has been said "Wake up and smell the roses" I prefer "Wake up and smell the bacon", and that's exactly how we stirred from sleep. Fresh bacon, scrambled eggs, toast, and juice. Everything a breakfast should be, and everything we have been without this trip.
After breakfast we packed the truck with two kayaks, and drove into town to rent another, as my Grandfather had to work, and would be unable to join us. The kayaking in Florence was broken into three categories. Ocean, lake, or river. The ocean was out due to my grandmothers oldness (love ya), and the lakes were to mellow, so we settled on the river. Now these are no ordinary rivers, they are tidal, meaning they are salt water, and flow with the tides. We made sure to time our trip according to the tide, so we would be going with the flow of water in both directions, and set out.
Five hours, and five miles we floated. Doing epic battle with hippos (cows) in the river, casually picking blackberries growing along the bank, and taking the occasional swim. It was a perfect way to spend an afternoon, we even surprised my aunt with a phone call on her birthday.
With Zachs birthday approaching on the 15th, we decided to celebrate a little early, and settled on a recommended Chinese food place in town. The food was excellent, though to much. The plates were the largest I have seen in a Chinese place, and stacked high. Needless to say, we will have lunch for the road. Back home Zach got a nice singing card, and a delicious dark chocolate cake. (All this city living is going to put the weight back on if we aren't careful.) All said and done it was a good side trip, and we were ready to get back into California.
MILEAGE:
Driving-
This trip: 190
Total: 5701
Walking-
This trip: 0
Total:206
Crater Lake National Park
Day 38 Oregon
We decided instead of take two days getting to Crater Lake National Park, we would do it in one long drive. According to the GPS the drive was supposed to take us 10 hours, crossing over 500 miles. As it turns out due to the parks campgrounds being full, and a poorly constructed road system in the park we drove for just under 12 hours. Finally stopping to camp about 20 miles outside the park. Bummer.
Day 39
Not letting yesterday's long drive upset us, we decided on a casual day with a few small hikes, and perhaps some swimming in Crater Lake. Crater Lake is just as it sounds, a massive crater six miles across, and filled with water. It is the deepest lake in North America, and also one of the clearest lakes in the world, with visibility down to 400ft, though the lake itself is 2000ft at it's deepest point. The crater itself was formed when the mountain that used to stand in its place erupted. Consequently the eruption took place right around the time of Noah's flood. Hmm interesting. A smaller second eruption constructed a small island jutting 800ft out from the lake.
Due to the steep slick sides of the crater, there is only one trail down to access the lake. 1.1 miles down with 700ft of elevation loss to a boat dock where they do tours. Of course the tours are $40 a ticket. Needless to say, we passed on the tour. We did hike down the trail, and were greeted by the bluest, clearest water we had ever seen. Of course we promptly found the tallest cliff we could find along the water, and jumped! Over and over, until the ranger got fussy and yelled at us. Not that there were any signs saying no jumping. Oh well, we got some good 30ft jumps in.
After hiking back up we headed back over to the campground inside the park, with hopes of getting a campsite. Strangely Crater Lakes campgrounds are not run by the National Park service, instead by a private excursion company called Exterra. They would not allow any registration until close to 1:00pm, throwing a wrench into our afternoon activities. We did end up with a campsite, and decided to have some lunch to celebrate before heading back out to do some hiking.
After a delicious pizza lunch we hopped over to the trailhead for Mount Scott, the highest peak in the park. The view from the top was supposed to be spectacular. The hike was relatively easy, 1700ft of elevation gain in a 2.5 mile hike up a series of switchbacks. Upon arriving at the summit, we found the lookout station locked, which didn't stop us from climbing up onto the deck to get a look around. The views did not disappoint, we could see all the way to Mount Shasta to the south, and a perfect view of the lake to the north. Definitely a worthwhile hike.
MILEAGE:
Driving-
This trip: 551
Total: 5511
Walking-
This trip: 7
Total:206 (Woot 200 miles!)
We decided instead of take two days getting to Crater Lake National Park, we would do it in one long drive. According to the GPS the drive was supposed to take us 10 hours, crossing over 500 miles. As it turns out due to the parks campgrounds being full, and a poorly constructed road system in the park we drove for just under 12 hours. Finally stopping to camp about 20 miles outside the park. Bummer.
Day 39
Not letting yesterday's long drive upset us, we decided on a casual day with a few small hikes, and perhaps some swimming in Crater Lake. Crater Lake is just as it sounds, a massive crater six miles across, and filled with water. It is the deepest lake in North America, and also one of the clearest lakes in the world, with visibility down to 400ft, though the lake itself is 2000ft at it's deepest point. The crater itself was formed when the mountain that used to stand in its place erupted. Consequently the eruption took place right around the time of Noah's flood. Hmm interesting. A smaller second eruption constructed a small island jutting 800ft out from the lake.
Due to the steep slick sides of the crater, there is only one trail down to access the lake. 1.1 miles down with 700ft of elevation loss to a boat dock where they do tours. Of course the tours are $40 a ticket. Needless to say, we passed on the tour. We did hike down the trail, and were greeted by the bluest, clearest water we had ever seen. Of course we promptly found the tallest cliff we could find along the water, and jumped! Over and over, until the ranger got fussy and yelled at us. Not that there were any signs saying no jumping. Oh well, we got some good 30ft jumps in.
After hiking back up we headed back over to the campground inside the park, with hopes of getting a campsite. Strangely Crater Lakes campgrounds are not run by the National Park service, instead by a private excursion company called Exterra. They would not allow any registration until close to 1:00pm, throwing a wrench into our afternoon activities. We did end up with a campsite, and decided to have some lunch to celebrate before heading back out to do some hiking.
After a delicious pizza lunch we hopped over to the trailhead for Mount Scott, the highest peak in the park. The view from the top was supposed to be spectacular. The hike was relatively easy, 1700ft of elevation gain in a 2.5 mile hike up a series of switchbacks. Upon arriving at the summit, we found the lookout station locked, which didn't stop us from climbing up onto the deck to get a look around. The views did not disappoint, we could see all the way to Mount Shasta to the south, and a perfect view of the lake to the north. Definitely a worthwhile hike.
MILEAGE:
Driving-
This trip: 551
Total: 5511
Walking-
This trip: 7
Total:206 (Woot 200 miles!)
Cordelain, kordalane, Coeur D'Alane
This is the segment of the trip that has delayed the blog, and will only be a brief bullet point coverage of what we did, as it was a vacation from our vacation, and not very outdoorsy. A big thank you to Ian, Kelly, Rodney, and Jacob for letting us use their living room as a campsite.
Day 34 Idaho
5 hr drive
Chilled
Crickets
Day 35
Floated
Bog crawled
Day 36
Worked out Krocs
Lunch with Jenny
Jumped
Captain America
Day 37
Slept
Ate
Toured Gazzer Ranch
Slept
MILEAGE:
Driving-
This trip: 325
Total: 4950
Walking-
This trip: 0
Total:199
Day 34 Idaho
5 hr drive
Chilled
Crickets
Day 35
Floated
Bog crawled
Day 36
Worked out Krocs
Lunch with Jenny
Jumped
Captain America
Day 37
Slept
Ate
Toured Gazzer Ranch
Slept
MILEAGE:
Driving-
This trip: 325
Total: 4950
Walking-
This trip: 0
Total:199
Mount Rainier National Park
Day 32
We said our goodbyes to our briefest of the national parks, The North Cascades, hopped in the car and made a B-line for the great city of Seattle. Seattle is by far one of my favorite cities, the ocean, great food, nice folk, and it's extremely easy to navigate.
The drive down was uneventful, though full of anticipation. Our first stop had to be the REI headquarter store. We used to visit the store when we were kids living in Tacoma Washington, and going back was like going to Disneyland after a long absence. This store is nothing less than incredible. Hiking trails to test boots, a mountain bike test track, a river to test canoes and kayaks, the tallest freestanding climbing structure in the world, and even a rain room to test jackets. I would highly recommend visiting REI whenever in Seattle.
Itching to get to Mount Rainier National Park, we had a quick lunch at a former burger place, who's catch phrase is "Where six pieces of bacon is normal", and got back on the road.
We finished the short two hour drive to Mount Rainier, which has the most snow in the world right now, and just looks like a big white dome rising from the valley floor. Upon arrival we were greeted by the same type of campground as the North Cascades, lush undergrowth, tall trees, and logs covered in moss. Beautiful. We set up camp and took what time we had left in the afternoon to drive up to the visitors center and see what sort of hike we could do the next day. The ranger tried to talk us out of it, but we settled on the ambitious glacial hike to the Muir base camp just two miles from the rainier summit.
Our campsite was perfect for parkour due to the fallen trees, and well placed picnic tables. So I spent the next two hours leaping, climbing and hanging around camp, I was able to perfect my kong, and made some major advancement with my dash. If your not sure what I'm talking about, that's what YouTube is for.
Day 33
We woke early enough to get a good start on the mountain, figuring we could follow one of the guided expeditions up the mountain. The staging area for the climb was located in the parking lot of the visitors center, due to the heavy snow covering the mountain. We arrived promptly at 9:30am and psyched ourselves up for the 4.5 mile, 4700ft elevation gain hike. The first two miles would have been a paved path had the winter not been so harsh, instead we trudged through the snow. It was a good hike, we reached the Muir ice field within an hour and half, passing several hikers, and skiers along the way. Crossing the ice field was a slow grueling climb, partially because we had to be cautious of the steep ice, mostly due to the 2700ft in 2.5 miles. Almost rivaling that of Grigornio mountain in Southern California.
We reached the base camp, just a stones throw from the summit, yet so far. As the climb to the summit crosses dangerous crevasses and crumbling rock jutting from the glaciers. While at the base camp we had the opportunity to watch a group of Air Force survival instructors practicing self arrests and crevasse rescues for their push to the summit tomorrow. Our view from the semi-summit of the Rainier volcano we could see mount Hood, Adams and st. Helens. All giant volcanos. Despite the view the cold wind was cutting to the bone, so we started our swift decent.
The Muir ice field is so steep and wide that instead of trying to walk back down most people opt to slide. At the steepest points we would have a seat in one of the groove slides cut into the face of the glacier from peoples butts. Some of these slides extended as far as 1/4 of a mile and allowed speeds around 25 mph. Of course we got soaked doing this, but what a blast! In the areas not steep enough for slides we would half jog, half slide our feet quickly down the hill. The hike that took us 4 hours up, only took us 1.5 hours to get back down. Another feather in the cap.
We didn't find out until a few days after Rainier, but a good friend of our family climbed the same trail the very next day, he probably slid the same chutes we did.
MILEAGE:
Driving-
This trip: 213
Total: 4625
Walking-
This trip: 10
Total:199
We said our goodbyes to our briefest of the national parks, The North Cascades, hopped in the car and made a B-line for the great city of Seattle. Seattle is by far one of my favorite cities, the ocean, great food, nice folk, and it's extremely easy to navigate.
The drive down was uneventful, though full of anticipation. Our first stop had to be the REI headquarter store. We used to visit the store when we were kids living in Tacoma Washington, and going back was like going to Disneyland after a long absence. This store is nothing less than incredible. Hiking trails to test boots, a mountain bike test track, a river to test canoes and kayaks, the tallest freestanding climbing structure in the world, and even a rain room to test jackets. I would highly recommend visiting REI whenever in Seattle.
Itching to get to Mount Rainier National Park, we had a quick lunch at a former burger place, who's catch phrase is "Where six pieces of bacon is normal", and got back on the road.
We finished the short two hour drive to Mount Rainier, which has the most snow in the world right now, and just looks like a big white dome rising from the valley floor. Upon arrival we were greeted by the same type of campground as the North Cascades, lush undergrowth, tall trees, and logs covered in moss. Beautiful. We set up camp and took what time we had left in the afternoon to drive up to the visitors center and see what sort of hike we could do the next day. The ranger tried to talk us out of it, but we settled on the ambitious glacial hike to the Muir base camp just two miles from the rainier summit.
Our campsite was perfect for parkour due to the fallen trees, and well placed picnic tables. So I spent the next two hours leaping, climbing and hanging around camp, I was able to perfect my kong, and made some major advancement with my dash. If your not sure what I'm talking about, that's what YouTube is for.
Day 33
We woke early enough to get a good start on the mountain, figuring we could follow one of the guided expeditions up the mountain. The staging area for the climb was located in the parking lot of the visitors center, due to the heavy snow covering the mountain. We arrived promptly at 9:30am and psyched ourselves up for the 4.5 mile, 4700ft elevation gain hike. The first two miles would have been a paved path had the winter not been so harsh, instead we trudged through the snow. It was a good hike, we reached the Muir ice field within an hour and half, passing several hikers, and skiers along the way. Crossing the ice field was a slow grueling climb, partially because we had to be cautious of the steep ice, mostly due to the 2700ft in 2.5 miles. Almost rivaling that of Grigornio mountain in Southern California.
We reached the base camp, just a stones throw from the summit, yet so far. As the climb to the summit crosses dangerous crevasses and crumbling rock jutting from the glaciers. While at the base camp we had the opportunity to watch a group of Air Force survival instructors practicing self arrests and crevasse rescues for their push to the summit tomorrow. Our view from the semi-summit of the Rainier volcano we could see mount Hood, Adams and st. Helens. All giant volcanos. Despite the view the cold wind was cutting to the bone, so we started our swift decent.
The Muir ice field is so steep and wide that instead of trying to walk back down most people opt to slide. At the steepest points we would have a seat in one of the groove slides cut into the face of the glacier from peoples butts. Some of these slides extended as far as 1/4 of a mile and allowed speeds around 25 mph. Of course we got soaked doing this, but what a blast! In the areas not steep enough for slides we would half jog, half slide our feet quickly down the hill. The hike that took us 4 hours up, only took us 1.5 hours to get back down. Another feather in the cap.
We didn't find out until a few days after Rainier, but a good friend of our family climbed the same trail the very next day, he probably slid the same chutes we did.
MILEAGE:
Driving-
This trip: 213
Total: 4625
Walking-
This trip: 10
Total:199
Blog delay
Hey everyone, I just wanted to let y'all know that I'm not shirking the blog, I've just been without strong enough service to post. The images are large, and it's very difficult to post even with full 3G service. I'll continue to try to get the past week and a half posted, until then, here is a picture of bearshark.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
North Cascade National Park
Day 31 Washington
10:00am
Not only did I get to sleep in a real bed, but it came standard with an ample dose of sleeping in, brought to you by the Canadian noon check out time.
We left the hotel refreshed, and energetic to get out of the city. Five days in Canada is just the right amount. Despite our enthusiasm to leave the country, we did not anticipate the near two hours it would take to cross the border. And with British Columbia being an "idle free zone" we had to keep turning the car on and off then on again. Two Hours of this will wear on you. When our turn finally came around it was a quick round of questioning, some photographs of the car via the elaborate camera system installed, and we were back in the US.
What a relief, the past few days got us comfortable with converting kilometers, currency and liters. Now back in the US our brains can slip back into a numb to numbers level of awareness. It felt good.
3:00pm
The North Cascades National Park is nestled up against the Canadian border, similar to Glacier National Park. Cascades even holds the honest number of glaciers in the US, just over 300. Unfortunately the Cascades are more of a backpackers paradise with only a couple of day hikes. Our arriving in the late afternoon eliminated most of our hiking opportunities, leaving us with small overlooks and short walks. Because of this, we decided to only stay one night in the Cascades and use our time to explore Mount Rainier National Park.
The campground was perfect! Everything I love about a forest in one place. A swift river, no Mosquitos, hundred foot trees, giant logs covered in moss, lush undergrowth and ferns. If you have ever been to or heard of Washington state, you probably know that a sunny day is about as rare as a rainy day in Palm Springs. Today overflowed with sunshine and the temperature was perfect, right around 75°. You couldn't ask for a more beautiful day, the remainder of we spent sitting in the shade reading, and climbing about on the logs crisscrossing the river, it was perfect.
MILEAGE:
Driving-
This trip: 133
Total: 4412
Walking-
This trip: 0
Total:189
10:00am
Not only did I get to sleep in a real bed, but it came standard with an ample dose of sleeping in, brought to you by the Canadian noon check out time.
We left the hotel refreshed, and energetic to get out of the city. Five days in Canada is just the right amount. Despite our enthusiasm to leave the country, we did not anticipate the near two hours it would take to cross the border. And with British Columbia being an "idle free zone" we had to keep turning the car on and off then on again. Two Hours of this will wear on you. When our turn finally came around it was a quick round of questioning, some photographs of the car via the elaborate camera system installed, and we were back in the US.
What a relief, the past few days got us comfortable with converting kilometers, currency and liters. Now back in the US our brains can slip back into a numb to numbers level of awareness. It felt good.
3:00pm
The North Cascades National Park is nestled up against the Canadian border, similar to Glacier National Park. Cascades even holds the honest number of glaciers in the US, just over 300. Unfortunately the Cascades are more of a backpackers paradise with only a couple of day hikes. Our arriving in the late afternoon eliminated most of our hiking opportunities, leaving us with small overlooks and short walks. Because of this, we decided to only stay one night in the Cascades and use our time to explore Mount Rainier National Park.
The campground was perfect! Everything I love about a forest in one place. A swift river, no Mosquitos, hundred foot trees, giant logs covered in moss, lush undergrowth and ferns. If you have ever been to or heard of Washington state, you probably know that a sunny day is about as rare as a rainy day in Palm Springs. Today overflowed with sunshine and the temperature was perfect, right around 75°. You couldn't ask for a more beautiful day, the remainder of we spent sitting in the shade reading, and climbing about on the logs crisscrossing the river, it was perfect.
MILEAGE:
Driving-
This trip: 133
Total: 4412
Walking-
This trip: 0
Total:189
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