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Also , the stifling southern humidity is down , and island blooms reach their peak , with red cardinal , marsh pink , and fluffy white groundsel brightening the isle . An emergency room physician with a master 's degree in geology , Boyer , 55 , has been climbing Hood once a month for the past several years , photographing the glaciers and documenting the way they change over time . The chestnut leaves had fallen in the garden and blackened the grass , which Philip Griffin did not rake . Now he arrived one weekend a month to sit opposite his father in the sitting room and correct copies and read the newspaper while Puccini played on the small stereo and the light died in the street outside . In the 13th century the Mongols tore through this country , razing villages and massacring all living things , and the landscape still looks devoid of any human presence . One of the best sections for a weekend backpacking trip begins in the town of Silver Bay , near the south end of the trail , and emerges in the Baptism River Valley , 27 miles [ 43 kilometers ] to the north .