6/30. Sunday. Mostly sunny with looming thunderstorm to the east. Bandera Mountain was my regular July 4th hike before I moved away. Beargrass on the slope is the main attraction. They sure didn't disappoint today. Rainier was mostly buried in clouds. Heard thunder, but rain didn't dump on us. Lots of flowers, from bunch berry and twin flowers along the trail/road, to paintbrush and tiger lily on the beargrass slope. I didn't expect so many people. On the way out, I counted 122 cars. That was less than when we arrived. Wasted quite some time for parking.
