On Tuesday we headed back to Eastern Washington, going over Chinook Pass looking to stay at Lodgepole, Pleasant Valley or Kaner Flats all forest service campgrounds.
We ended up at Lodgepole in site 12.
In this picture you can see the traveling Flamingos. The weather changed with one afternoon of lightening, thunder and heavy rain I was glad I was not on a long hiking trip.
Tuesday there were 5 occupied sites in the campground, Wednesday and Thursday 2 site were occupied, us and some people in a tent at the far opposite end of the campground. Nice campground but no place to do any hiking. Hank and I walked around looking for places to go, did find some cabins on the other side of Hwy 410 but that was about it.
Jean has volunteered to go through brochures to cut the travel pile down a little.
This week will be getting things ready for our trip south. Brian is coming up tomorrow (Monday 8/18/2014) to help me redo some of the dual pane motorhome windows. All the window have some moisture in them and need to be taken apart and resealed.
Last thing to comment on is the road repairs on Hwy 410. So far we have had 3 rock chips fixed in the front windows. Yesterday I washed the motorhome because it had a thin coat of road oil all over the lower panels and across the back. I will need wash the back fiberglass back again and wax it before we leave. This morning I could still see some brown color from the oil.
Still have some Mt. Rainier pictures: 22. 23, 24
Deer tracks in the early morning snow.
New ice from the over night freeze.
