Everybody was happy when we got to the top of Cougar Mt and saw the sun! We climed Cougar because we are having a temperature inversion which means it gets warmer as you go up - at least in theory. That didn't explain the frost and snow we saw though. Some of the road was frosty so we doubled back after reaching the top instead of taking the steep side back down.
We paused half way and saw an amazing sight. There were a bunch of trees that looked like cherry trees that had iced up. The sun was just hitting them and melting the ice which was falling off of the branches creating what looked like snow showers under the trees. In the bright sunlight they glittered. It felt magical. It was very cold though so we couldn't hang out to enjoy it very long. The ride down was very very cold! Couldn't wait for the next hill to warm us up again.
We stopped at the bathrooms before heading back across Mercer Island and saw some sailboats out. The sun was just breaking through the fog in the lowlands. We finished the ride in the sun!
Below is a map from a ride last year that is very close to the route we took today.
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