Sunday, May 8, 2016 Waiting for Jim and Terry's arrival
We arrived yesterday at this wonderful little campground called Rainier View RV Park and Campground. It is not big on amenities but for us that is fine. The sites are level and have great power and water pressure. And the view of Mount Rainier is unbelievable.
It was good to see Jim and Terry. They arrived in the early afternoon so they got settled and we sat around catching up from October. WE decided that we are going to go to Mt. Rainier tomorrow morning. Both party's are excited about this trip tomorrow. We can see the mountain from our sites and she looks very majestic even with all of that snow!!!
Monday, May 9, 2016 Day at Mount Rainier National Park
We left at 9 am and the mountain was covered in fog. We are hoping that by the time we get to as far as we can get the fog will burn off. We stopped at some overlooks and then surprise a delightful set of waterfalls called Christine Falls. We could only go as far as Paradise Park at 5400 ft. There was plenty of snow on the ground and it was snowing when we went into the Visitors Center. We were able to walk down one of the closed roads for a better view of the valley and the river. It was a nice day .We met a little visitor looking for food, a marmot. He still had his white coat of winter fur but his golden brown fur was coming in. We thought that he was going to climb up our legs as he was that close. On the way back to the campground we stopped at a metal sculpture gallery. Everything was huge and all outside. The guy has a great talent for welding and a better imagination to make these sculptures from scrap. We enjoyed being outside most of the day.
