I squeezed in a quick, one-day car-camping trip at the White River Campground at Mt Rainier (on the east side), by meeting friends who were there all weekend. While there, I did two hikes--the first one on the newly rebuilt Glacier Basin Trail (which was destroyed during the 2006 flooding) and a day-hike to the Upper Palisades Lakes (off of Sunrise Point). The Palisades trail winds past half a dozen lakes, some big, some small, but ends in a beautiful alpine meadow behind the Palisades. To my delight, there were still quite a few wildflowers to see. Here are the pictures from my baby Lumix camera.