I admit to an extra feeling of pride and accomplishment just in being here in Washington. It was to this area that I first dreamed of coming when I got the RV bug. I remember my first thought when I saw the big windows in this motor home was "Wow - I'll be able to see ALL of Mt. Rainier through these!" With one seeming setback or delay after another, sometimes it seemed like I'd never get here, but here I am and boy does it feel great! Sometimes even I have to admit that some things are worth the wait. I know I should be able to find peace and happiness wherever I am and whatever I do, but I haven't evolved to that place yet - that's gonna have to be a long term goal for me, the original Miss Impatient! As those who know me well know, my motto is "Instant gratification takes too long!"

We were driving the scenic route toward Seattle when we first caught sight of Mt. Rainier. It's a dangerous thing to see from the road because it's so hard to take your eyes from the mountain and on the road where they belong. So we stopped at several points just so I could take a jillion pictures and exclaim repeatedly "just look at that mountain - just look at it!" "It doesn't look real, does it - there's nothing that perfect possible in this world, is it??" "Look how it looks like it's just floating there on the horizon - it doesn't even look like it has a base - it's not really of this earth, is it??"