Managing Tiny Troubles at the Foot of Mount Rainier

I got a late start heading for Mount Rainier National Park and it threatened to derail my day, but I was able to turn it around – six hours later than expected. My troubles were self-inflicted, as they often are, and came with a lesson I must have needed. I’m usually an early riser, but, on this Saturday, I slept in. To make matters worse, instead of heading straight for the park, I dawdled, and it was 8 am before I headed toward the mountain. Two hours later than I’d planned. As I drove over the Gig Harbor narrows bridge, paying the customary $6 to cross, I was surprised to see the amount of traffic already on the road and it made me feel late – a feeling I loathe. The drive to Mount Rainier took me mainly through small towns and two-lane highways. I passed through industrial seaport areas filled with gas stations, which would have been convenient since I was running low on gas. But because I was “running late,” I didn’t stop. Instead, I measured the miles to the park and the miles I had left in gas and decided that I had enough. Anyone who’s ever […]

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