Paradise

Over the weekend Pete and Clifford went on a snowshoe trip with friends Gordon, Nick and Nate up to Paradise in Mt. Rainier. Clifford was so excited to go on a 'guys-only' trip. I dropped them of at Gordon's house on Friday night. About 5am Saturday morning Nick and Nate picked the three up and headed out on their adventure. Pete said Clifford did alright, but he's still a bit young for any future snowshoeing trips. The guys' goal was to build a snow igloo, which they succeeded in doing. Clifford thought it was awesome to sleep inside it. His favorite part of the entire trip, though, was when the guys let him hold their knives (just for a second, of course). I guess during the night they had a visitor or two come into their igloo and steal their camp food! They woke up the next morning to find their food torn apart everywhere outside. Pete figured it was a fox. Gordon said he's sure there was mice as well. Pete was flabbergasted by this incident, since he's never had an issue with animals getting into his food in winter. I guess the guys told Clifford it was a 'monster' and that the 'monster' left footprints, since that's all Clifford could excitedly talk about when I drove back to Gordon's house to pick them up on Sunday.