The month of August was beautiful, but alas, we didn't go on a trip with Howie. Harris was busy painting the trim of our house, and we went to Juneau at the end of August for 2 reasons. We went to wedding, and visited our wonderful granddaughter, River.
So, after we returned, we decided that as long as the good weather was still there, we had to take a trip. We decided to go to both the mountains and the ocean.We headed to Mt. Rainier first.
Passing this place on the way to Paradise always makes us smile. Although much bigger and fancier than Howie, the rooms no longer moved.
Our campsite at Cougar Rock. We left early on Friday morning, hoping to get a spot for the weekend. We arrived about 11:30AM, and were lucky to find several spots open. So we shopped around, looking for the most level spot. As the day went on, Cougar Rock filled up..although, luckily for us, it didn't fill up all the way. (more on that later)
We took an afternoon walk from the campsite down the trail to Longmire lodge.
Sitting on the porch, admiring the view from one of our favorite Mt. Rainer spots!
As we sat there, the clear top began to cloud over a bit. The wispy clouds just formed and floated away.
We started talking to our "porch neighbors", Larry and Libby. They love traveling, especially going around the world listening to folk music. We reminisced with them about the music in Irish pubs.
We always love to look at other people's rigs. Greg who is a CEO of a not for profit Hospice care provider set up his little tear drop camper next to us, and we had fun getting to know him.
Harris took this "artistic" shot of Howie and us in the mirror-like surface of another (much newer) Sprinter next to us in the parking lot at Paradise.
On Saturday morning we went up to Paradise to do some hiking. These little fellows looked up with interest when Judy whistled.
Views along the way....not much snow on top in September!
At Glacier View Point we stayed awhile to admire the view.
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