When you reach the Paradise visitor center at Mt. Rainier, you get this amazing view of the surrounding mountains and countryside. It's very hard to describe. Like your looking at a picture in a magazine, you can take everything in; your brain registers the mountains, grass, clouds, flowers, etc, etc... but it's all very unreal... It's like you are just on the cusp of being able to grasp the enormity of it all, but not quite.

Coincidentally, this was one of my favorite pics from the trip to Washington. I printed it out as a 16x20 and have it hanging (with two others from that trip) above my bed.
Mount Rainier: Stevens Creek Falls, Summer 2011.
Mt. Rainier
A 3-shot hand held panorama of Mt. Rainier from the Fremont Trail at Sunrise.
Mt. Rainier
A 3-shot hand held panorama of Mt. Rainier from the Fremont Trail at Sunrise.
Mt. Rainier
A 3-shot hand held panorama of Mt. Rainier from the Fremont Trail at Sunrise.
Mt. Rainier
A 3-shot hand held panorama of Mt. Rainier from the Fremont Trail at Sunrise.
Mt. Rainier
A 3-shot hand held panorama of Mt. Rainier from the Fremont Trail at Sunrise.
See photo in original gallery.