August 2015 – Harry Lange

Ranger Creek – Monday August 31, 2015

Inside morning temp was 56 and 50 outside.
It was quiet last night no rain dripping off the trees. The wind storm on Saturday caused 500,000 to loose power. We had some stiff breezes but that’s about all.

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Ranger Creek – Sunday August 30, 2015

Inside morning temp was 58 and outside temp 50.
Rained heavy all night, large puddle under motorhome this morning.

Tanya and Mike stopped by this afternoon. They have been camped on the other side of Mt. Rainier at Cougar Rock, They had significant rain the whole time they were at Cougar Rock, however with tarps and skill they still had a good time. It was amazing to see them today. They are both GREAT people.

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Ranger Creek – Saturday August 29, 2015

Inside morning temp was 61 and outside team 56.
Rain most of the night, heavy at times. Weather report is talking about heavy winds and rain today. Fifty mph in the Seattle area north, when Seattle gets high winds we usually did get the really heavy winds.

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Ranger Creek – Friday August 28, 2015

Inside morning temp was 61 and outside temp 53, light rain starting at 2:30 a.m.

High today was 75 outside 86 inside.
Light rain during the late afternoon.
Hank and I got out for several walks during the day.

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Ranger Creek – Thursday August 27, 2015

Inside morning temp as 60 and outside temp 50.

High 80

Cleaned and put seal conditioner on slide seals. Did the same for all the storage doors, cleaned seal with protect-all cleaner and than put protect-all on all the seals.

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Ranger Creek – Wednesday August 26, 2015

Inside morning temp was 55 and outside temp 46

High for the day 77.

Did some metal detecting around the area today, found a key, nickle, penny and a lot of melted aluminum. Hank and I went for a couple of walks, around the airstrip and in the evening along the river trail.

Ranger Creek – Tuesday August 25, 2015

We are here for another week. This is a really nice home away from home. Only had a few high clouds during the day and cleared off after dark. One other group a quarter mile up the runway. We are camped in our same spot. The high was 78 degrees.

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Ranger Creek – Tuesday August 18, 2015

Morning inside temp 54 and outside temp 46.

We came home today, plan is to go hiking on Thursday and to a family play on Saturday.
Here are some Google Earth pictures of Mt. Rainier’s Grand Park, the pin is where we turned around.

Ranger Creek – Monday August 17, 2015

Morning inside temp 53 and outside temp 45.

Mostly around camp all day, not a lot of motivation and it was a nice weather day. High was 79. Worked on blog pictures for a couple of hours.

Listened to several hours of the NPR’s TED Radio Hour.

Picture from Grand Park.

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Ranger Creek – Sunday August 16, 2015

Morning inside temp 51 and outside temp 43.

Hiked with Dennis to Lake Eleanor and then on to Grand Park meadow inside Mt. Rainier Natl Park.

Started at 12:30 back to trail head at 5:00 traveled 8 miles and I was tired. Nice hike on a beautiful sunny day.
The mountain was clouded in by the time we got to Grand Park but that is what living here is all about, clouds and rain. Mt. Rainier actually makes it’s own climate around itself. The entire Pacific Northwest was clear yesterday except for the area around right around the mountain.
Dennis at the trail head.
Trail head map to lake.
Beautiful day in the old growth forest.
Lake Eleanor
Another Lake Eleanor.
Trail above Eleanor.
Little wild life.
First meadow
Mt. Rainier from the first meadow, by the time we got to Grand Park the mountain was clouded in.
One of the first views of Grand Park meadow.
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