Mount Rainier National Park, WA, USA, Sep 11
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Reflection Lake, Mount Rainier National Park, WA, USA, Sep 2011
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My family and I visited Mount Rainier National Park in September two years ago. We spent two days and one night enjoying the scenes. You can try to imagine how beautiful it was when the mountain is covered by snow under sunrise and sunset.

Mount Rainier is the highest mountain in Washington and Cascade Range with an elevation of 13,211 ft (4,027m). Climbing the mountain is quite difficult and climbers usually have to spend two to three days to reach the summit. There are around 8,000 to 13,000 people trying to climb to the top and around 50% of them achieved the goal. We were totally enjoying in the trip even though we didn't make it to the top.

Reflection Lake is behind Mount Rainier and is one of the major iconic views of the Mt. The lake is like a mirror, reflecting the mountain, trees, flowers, animals and each person who is touched by the lake. I went through a meditation beyond words when I was seeing the mirror. 

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope." As what Martin Luther King, Jr., once said.