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Welcome to Mridula's Mirror, where each journey reflects the profound tapestry of life! Through travel, I weave tales of reflection and discovery!

Join me in this odyssey where every moment is a recitation of the soul!

22/07/2025

𝟓 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐥𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤

We drove from Mt. Rainier and reached the Olympic National Park Visitor Center in Port Angeles by 1:30 PM. After grabbing maps and checking into our hotel, we headed to Hurricane Ridge around 6 PM and hiked up to Sunrise Point, spotting deer, bunnies, wildflowers, and even a bear family in the meadows on our way down.

The next day, we visited Lake Crescent and hiked to Marymere Falls and Sol Duc Falls.

On Day 3, we explored tide pools at Kalaloch Beach 4, visited a 1000-year-old Western Red Cedar, and tried for Ruby Beach - but couldn’t find parking. That evening we stayed in Forks and explored the quiet town.

The next morning, we visited the mossy trails of the Hoh Rainforest, and in the evening, stopped by Rialto Beach, where we spotted a harbor seal in the fog.

On the final day, we went whale watching and saw orcas and a humpback whale, before driving to Seattle.

State of Washington Tourism National Park Service

18/07/2025

𝑴𝒕. 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒌: 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑩𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑴𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓

Growing up by the Bay of Bengal and now living in Michigan, I’ve always found my deepest peace in the mountains. This summer, with our daughter’s 4th Grader National Park Pass in hand, we set off to explore Mount Rainier National Park, July 11 - 13.

We arrived in Seattle early Friday morning and reached the Nisqually Entrance by 12:45 PM - with no wait at all. After a serene stop at Eatonville Lake, we explored the Trail of Shadows in Longmire and had lunch at the National Park Inn, where Mt. Rainier appeared and disappeared behind drifting clouds. Driving along the Paradise Corridor, we paused at overlooks, soaking in the mountain’s quiet grandeur, and reached the Paradise Visitor Center by 4 PM. That evening, we checked into LOGE Alta Crystal in Enumclaw, our cozy base for two nights.

Saturday began early with a 6 AM drive back to Paradise. We started on the Myrtle Falls trail and, though unprepared for snow and steep hikes, couldn’t resist venturing partway up the Golden Gate Trail. The trail offers a quick route to breathtaking panoramas of Mount Rainier and the rugged Tatoosh Range. We returned by 10:30 AM to overflowing parking lots, had lunch at Paradise Inn, joined a ranger program, then visited Reflection Lake and Narada Falls before exiting the park for gas. Thankfully, our lodge’s location helped us avoid the very long re-entry lines.

On Sunday, we left before dawn and reached Sunrise Point just in time. As the sun lit up Rainier’s snowy crown, it felt like a quiet benediction. We hiked to Frozen Lake via the Sourdough Ridge Trail, and stopped briefly at Tipsoo Lake, bringing a perfect close to our time in Rainier’s sacred presence.

Visit Rainier - Official Mt. Rainier Organization National Park Service State of Washington Tourism

11/07/2025

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 ❤️

VISIT FLORIDA Visit Clearwater Florida Clearwater Beach, Florida

10/07/2025

“गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुः गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः।
गुरुः साक्षात् परब्रह्म तस्मै श्री गुरवे नमः॥”

𝑮𝒖𝒓𝒖 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒉𝒎𝒂, 𝑮𝒖𝒓𝒖 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒏𝒖, 𝑮𝒖𝒓𝒖𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒂𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒂.
𝑮𝒖𝒓𝒖 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆. 𝑺𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑺𝒓𝒊 𝑮𝒖𝒓𝒖.

𝑂𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑐𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐺𝑢𝑟𝑢 𝑃𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎, 𝑤𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 - 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑢𝑟𝑢 (𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓), 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑. 𝐴 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝐺𝑢𝑟𝑢 𝑛𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛.

𝑇𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑢𝑟𝑢𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒, 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒.

09/07/2025

“আমার মনটা আয়না, নিজের বাঁধা মতগুলো দিয়েই চিরদিনের মতো যদি তাকে আগাগোড়া লেপে রেখে দিতুম তা হলে তার উপরে প্রত্যেক চলতি মুহূর্তের প্রতিবিম্ব পড়ত না।”

- শেষের কবিতা, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর

𝑀𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 - ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑓𝑠, 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.

05/07/2025

𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝑌𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑎 𝑎𝑡 𝐼𝑆𝐾𝐶𝑂𝑁 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑉𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑛, 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝐽𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎𝑡ℎ, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐻𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙. 𝐴𝑠 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝐽𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐻𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝑤𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 - 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑. 𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛’𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠, 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑒’𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑤𝑒’𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑!

04/07/2025

Here’s to the stars and stripes - Happy 4th of July!

03/07/2025

𝐵𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑤, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑠 - 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠. 𝐿𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚, 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑, 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑦!

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