Well, Carmen and Waldo had a fantastic day. We started out for Mt. Ranier and thought the weather looked like it might be rainy and overcast all day. We did not want to travel about 100 mile to the park and have bad weather so we headed back to the campsite, and Carmen did the laundry.
When the laundry was finished the weather had turned nice so we headed out for the mountain. We did the drive the way the GPS told us to go. It was back roads and once we got out of one town the driving was great. We found a nice little restaurant in Randle and had lunch. Then it was onward to the great mountain. Wow, the glacial ice was blue and you could see the mountain for a long ways. It is truly amazing to realize that this mountain could blow its top off and if that were to happen it would be many more times worse than when Mt. St. Helen's blew.
The theatre at Paradise told how one side of the mountain has lush green forests on it and that it was more ecologicaly important than a rainforest, in that it replenish's the earth. We are not sure that is true but it was in the movie put out by the National Forest Service. Anyhow it is surely a sight to behold.
I know that Tom will have a hard time finding just which photos to post, but he will try. The waterfalls are everywhere and the forest is nice, but after seeing the giant redwoods they just can't compare. 
We came home to have a light dinner and drinks before thinking to call it a day. Tomorrow we must move, the RV park doesn't have room for us. Thank heavens we got the chance to see both Mt. St. Helen's and Mt. Ranier.
When the laundry was finished the weather had turned nice so we headed out for the mountain. We did the drive the way the GPS told us to go. It was back roads and once we got out of one town the driving was great. We found a nice little restaurant in Randle and had lunch. Then it was onward to the great mountain. Wow, the glacial ice was blue and you could see the mountain for a long ways. It is truly amazing to realize that this mountain could blow its top off and if that were to happen it would be many more times worse than when Mt. St. Helen's blew.
The theatre at Paradise told how one side of the mountain has lush green forests on it and that it was more ecologicaly important than a rainforest, in that it replenish's the earth. We are not sure that is true but it was in the movie put out by the National Forest Service. Anyhow it is surely a sight to behold.
I know that Tom will have a hard time finding just which photos to post, but he will try. The waterfalls are everywhere and the forest is nice, but after seeing the giant redwoods they just can't compare. 
We came home to have a light dinner and drinks before thinking to call it a day. Tomorrow we must move, the RV park doesn't have room for us. Thank heavens we got the chance to see both Mt. St. Helen's and Mt. Ranier.
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