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Who says we're making transportation progress? Eighty years ago, you could've joined other day-tripping Puget Sounders on a passenger train to Monte Cristo, then one of the area's leading tourist destinations. Now you have to hoof it. The rails are gone, and most of the town, too. But the gorgeous sights that drew your grandparents here remain.

                        

So last Tuesday we took the day off and took advantage of our drought *koff koff* for a non-cloud-enshrouded trip to Mount Rainier. At 8:30 a.m. we were driving south down I-5, to 405, to 167, to 161, which took us through South Hill and Eatonville, and then it was 7 to 706, which drops you right at the door of Mount Rainier. The door costs $15 per car, or $5 if you're a person. Either way, it's the best damn money you're likely to spend in your life.

       

Our day trip to Mount Rainier yesterday was capped off by an exclusive photo shoot starring some of the mountain's more publicity-shy and fluffy residents. On our way out of the park, we saw four fox kits and a parental unit enjoying the evening sunshine on a hillside. With our telephoto lens, we could shoot from far enough away that they didn't trouble themselves with our presence. What followed was totally candid. And totally magic.

Hey, we need more PRIDE in our Seattlest Flickr Pool! (Use "pride 2009" as a tag.)

       

It was too nice a day to spend entirely indoors. (Not that we aren't going to the Ms game tonight, but--okay we were bored.) So we grabbed our camera and slogged across Marsh Island and beyond, past the youth groups, past the college kids sneaking Coors Light in the great outdoors. Montlake was humid and alive with summering wildlife.

                    

The least visited of the lake's four sides, the western shore of Lake Union was first developed as a trolley line in the 1890s, then largely left alone. We happened upon the line by descending a stairway at the south end of the Fremont Bridge. We then followed the decrepit tracks south, encountering a neat mix of houseboats, marinas, and funny signs.

           

Yesterday afternoon Seattlest readers and contributors gathered on the back deck of Capitol Hill's new Captain Blacks bar. There were happy hour mojitos and captain's teas, mac 'n' cheeses and chicken 'n' waffles. Outdoor drinking and dining spaces are at a premium in Seattle, and this newest addition (with a front and back deck) rates a thumbs up.