Shrouded in mystery

From Mount St Helens we headed north to Mt Rainier. Our destination east of Randle, was Cascade Peaks RV Park. This was to be our launching point into the park which can be visited from several directions. A 14,400 feet, it's a commanding presence, that is if you can see it!

The campground was supposedly 500 sites. Walking through it, probably 100 were were employees or long term campers. Only 120 were full hookup sites, and the rest were 30 amp with water but maybe not sewer. There was also a large group site. The entire park was heavily treed and much of it was over grown.

The full hookup area was 20 to 35 percent occupied while we were there and we had nobody on either side which was especially nice since we were under a large tree on the west side and yet it was satellite friendly!

We explored the park both days though never had a view of the top.

Saturday at the Paradise viewpoint (5400 feet), it rained as we drove around and that evening at the site. Only a few tenths but it made for clean air.

The next morning the moisture was burning off and we could see the webcam  at Sunrise (6400 feet) looked clear so we headed out only to find everyone else did too, and they were metering traffic. a car had to go out  for one to go in! 50 mins and we were in!

It was so green! We enjoyed both days and even seeing 5000 feet of clouds was special!