WhatsNextTravels

Aug 24th-26th   We are headed to Mt. Rainier NP this morning.  It is suppose to take 3 hrs and 41 minutes but when you tow a camper add 40% or so.    We looked at a couple of campgrounds in the park but they are full.  We found a NF campground just outside called Buck Creek and it was free for us old folks :)  no hookups and no water available.  It's located next to Rangers airstrip were small planes can land and Helicopters take off to perform rescues on Mt. Rainer Finally some boondocking for free.  We settled in and prepared for exploring.  Decided to drive some of the park to help prepare a plan for hikes tomorrow. Next day we headed to Sunrise visitor center to do some hiking.  Our 1st hike was up to Sourdough ridge. Then we headed to Emmons vista and on to Silver forest. I hear the Sound of Music  :) The next day we headed to Paradise area over the scariest road yet with sheer drop-offs of hund...

Aug 22nd-24th      We left North Cascades NP mid morning and headed to Olympic NP.   Our destination is Elwha Dam RV park.  Arrive after 4 hours and setup on a decent site at end of the row with full hookups.  Elwha Dam RV Park Chainsaw carvings at RV park Chainsaw carvings at RV park Chainsaw carvings at RV park    Once we setup camp and unhitched the truck, we went out to check the area and decided to do a short hike to Madison falls The next morning we left early and planned a busy day.  Our 1st stop would be Marymere falls a 2 mile easy hike through old growth forest.. Big trees Yep in the NW Marymere falls Next we headed to Hoh rain forest trail and Hall of Mosses a .8 mile easy walk. Dancing plants underwater And our last stop today would be Rialto beach.   It was beautiful but tons of logs all along the shore. We picked...

Aug 20th-22nd 2019    Up early and headed for Washington.  As we traveled through British Columbia we seen Elk and more beautiful views.  We stopped by Rearguard falls but didn't see any salmon running. Time for Lunch   We spent 1 night in Merrit BC at the Moon Shadow RV park.  Went through some sketchy areas to get to it but was nice once we got there with full hookups and a stream running beside it.    Next day we move on to Marblemont Washington and the Howard Miller Steelhead County park.  A very nice county RV park on the Skagit river.  We had been lucky so far on this trip with the weather but today was rainey and foggy.  Guess we are in the Northwest now...LOL..  We settled in for the night to sound of the river flowing just behind us.  The next morning we headed to Cascades NP.  The weather was still dismal and we didn't see many mountain tops.  We did som...