Today we made our annual trek up to Silver Peak to celebrate our first meeting — it’s been three years now! This 4th hike of Silver Peak featured much more snow than any of the previous years. We encountered it pretty early in the hike, and there were at least three or for times where we were very happy to have our trekking poles for added balance (especially on the way down!). Ava, of course, had to either roll around or splay herself over every single patch of snow we encountered. The melting snow also meant there were plenty of mosquitos, but with good ol’ DEET (yay toxins!) we weren’t bothered too much. The bee situation was also much better than last year, where we felt like we were constantly swarmed and were left with buzzing in our ears for a few days afterward. We didn’t get any glimpses of Rainier this time, but otherwise it was just as beautiful at the summit as always. We really want to try this one out in the fall, but if not, we’ll be back in ‘08!

View the Silver Peak pictures!