Frozen Water

Last week, the Walkers spent time with a form of water that you will not find around the beaches area, glaciers. We spent five days at Mt. Rainier National Park, hiking, climbing, playing in the snow (yes, playing in the snow - one place where we were averages 680 inches of snow a year). Mt. Rainier has 25 glaciers which makes it the largest glacier system in the contiguous United States. All the creeks and rivers that we saw were in the valleys created by glaciers. When I can download pictures, I will post a couple. What I found particularly amazing was the amount of rocks, of all sizes and trees, that have been pushed down the mountain by the glacier and then left as it receded. The shear power of frozen water to grind down, move and basically destroy solid rock is awe inspiring. The landscape of Mt. Rainier has been etched over the centuries by water, frozen and unfrozen.

P.S. - An interesting factoid that I have discovered during my reading on water is that the largest source of fresh water in the world are glaciers. More water is frozen in the water of glaciers than in all the lakes, rivers, etc. combined.