Category: Ranger Creek

Ranger Creek, WA – Wednesday September 2, 2015

Inside morning temp was 55 and outside temp 47, rained most of the night, mostly light however it dripped off the trees and made a lot of noise.  We have used more water than normal so we will head home this morning.

When I went outside to start picking up this morning I found we had more water than we had yesterday.  The MH has two 50 gallon water tanks and for some reason the front tank must have had some pressure in it yesterday so the two tanks could not equalize, I can only see the rear tank.   We were down to 1/8 on the propane tank so we headed home.   I need to rebuild the arbor on the front of the house before we head south on September  21st.

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Ranger Creek – Tuesday September 01, 2015

Inside morning temp was 55 and batteries died in outside unit

Thank TED Radio Hour on NPR.
One of the dates I have been looking for is when did the government change GPS system so we could actually use it.  Before May 2, 2000 GPS’s had  random calculation which would only give you a location within 3 football fields of your actual location.   This is when turn by turn GPS systems became a reality for all of us.

I listen to TED Radio Hour on NPR where Guy Raz interviews people who have done TED Talks as a follow up to their talk and grouped together under a topic, I.e. “Making Mistakes”.   1984 was when the first TED Talk occurred, I didn’t know they had been around so long.
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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 – 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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Ranger Creek – Saturday August 15, 2015

Morning inside temp 56 and outside temp 49.

Some blue sky and the ground is starting to dry.

Dennis and I went for a hike today.  Drove down to Camp Shephard trail head and hiked the Snoquera Falls trail about 5 miles (Fitbit distance).

My InReach did not get a good location fix at the trail head, when we got to the falls it had only posted two locations.  We were in tall large timber.  It did this once before while we were driving and when I up loaded the data the complete track was posted to the mapping program.  We will see what happens when I get home.  InReach only had the track from the falls out, not the first half of the hike.

Remember we have no internet and only Jean’s phone will get texts while setting at the passenger side window.  On the trail today when were above Camp Shephard Dennis had four bars of 3G.

I got stung by a bee, I can not remember the last time I got stung by a bee.

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