MT. Rainier Sept 5-7, 2008
We left Friday around noon, and drove to Glenda and Bob Dehning’s in Shelton. Had a wonderful meal, slept in our little home parked in their driveway, and persuaded them to join us camping in Mt. Rainier the next day. It didn’t take them long to get ready, their camper is usually loaded…just a few clothes and some food and we were all off. We were following them to the Yelm highway and down 706. We passed through the little town of Alder, and all of a sudden Bob pulled off the road. He had a flat tire! He called AAA, and was told it would take several hours to send someone from Centralia (!), so he and Harris heroically did it themselves. (No small task…take the camper off, crawl under the truck for the spare, etc.) About an hour later we were on our way again. We camped at Cougar Rock for 2 nights. The mountain was out! Just a few puffs of clouds around her. Of all the times we have visited Rainer, this has to have been the “hands down” best visit, weather-wise. It was incredibly wonderful, very warm short sleeves and shorts during the day and crispy cool at night. We ate well with Harris and Bob cooking like cave men over the roaring fire (chicken and steak). We hiked around Paradise area, played 2 new games (Bananagram and Rummicubes) and taught them whist. A great time was had by all…sorry to leave tomorrow!
Ps…saw 2 bears at Paradise. One was a very large black bear in the valley below the road at the Inn. The other was a cub on the trail up to Myrtle Falls. I haven’t seen bears here since I was a little girl.
We left Friday around noon, and drove to Glenda and Bob Dehning’s in Shelton. Had a wonderful meal, slept in our little home parked in their driveway, and persuaded them to join us camping in Mt. Rainier the next day. It didn’t take them long to get ready, their camper is usually loaded…just a few clothes and some food and we were all off. We were following them to the Yelm highway and down 706. We passed through the little town of Alder, and all of a sudden Bob pulled off the road. He had a flat tire! He called AAA, and was told it would take several hours to send someone from Centralia (!), so he and Harris heroically did it themselves. (No small task…take the camper off, crawl under the truck for the spare, etc.) About an hour later we were on our way again. We camped at Cougar Rock for 2 nights. The mountain was out! Just a few puffs of clouds around her. Of all the times we have visited Rainer, this has to have been the “hands down” best visit, weather-wise. It was incredibly wonderful, very warm short sleeves and shorts during the day and crispy cool at night. We ate well with Harris and Bob cooking like cave men over the roaring fire (chicken and steak). We hiked around Paradise area, played 2 new games (Bananagram and Rummicubes) and taught them whist. A great time was had by all…sorry to leave tomorrow!
Ps…saw 2 bears at Paradise. One was a very large black bear in the valley below the road at the Inn. The other was a cub on the trail up to Myrtle Falls. I haven’t seen bears here since I was a little girl.
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