everyday for the past 9 months,

during our morning commute on i-5,

i saw an enormous beautiful snowy mountain

on the horizon of the highway.

everyday at the playground,

i pointed to mountain and said to my students:

look, it's Mount Rainier!

i finally went to it, and it really was a

a  s t u n n i n g   s n o w y

m a g i c a l

w i n t e r y

w o n d e r l a n d.