We pulled out onto the highway from our campground at 9 AM this morning. We had a very pleasant drive north on I-5 to US 12 which we took east to Randle. We are now settled in at Cascade Peaks RV Resort. This is a 5-star Coast-to-Coast park, but I will have a more complete description later in the week after I’ve had an opportunity to look around some.
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| Crystal Clear Water in Panther Creek |
After setting up and a quick lunch, we got back in the truck for the 30 minute drive to the Ohanapecosh Visitor Center just inside Mount Rainier National Park. This entrance is on the southeast side and is the closest entrance to our campground. After spending several minutes with the volunteer manning the information desk, we came away with several park maps, the seasonal park newspaper, and a Trail Illustrated map which we purchased.
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| Looking up toward Chinook Pass |
The volunteer recommended we not waste the remainder of this afternoon and suggested we drive up to Chinook Pass. We did and it was beautiful. Mount Rainier itself came in and out of view along the drive, but was either shrouded in clouds and/or in a bad sun angle for a descent picture. Morning would be a better time for great views of the mountain from this side of the park.
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| Tipsoo Lake |
This evening we will spread out the maps and make a plan for what we want to do tomorrow as well as the 2 weeks we’ll be in the area.
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