On our way home from Canada, we decided to swing over to Mt. Rainier National Park and squeeze in a couple of days exploring the south side of the park. We were arriving late so we found a wild campsite outside of the park boundary and then claimed an available campground site in the park the next day.
We got up to the trailhead at Paradise fairly early and hiked the full Skyline Trail loop. There happened to be a black bear and her two cubs near the lodge and we saw yet another black bear while on the trail as well as a mountain goat and a bunch of very tame marmots. We could also see Mt. Adams and Mt. St. Helens in the distance.
The following day I did an out-and-back hike alone to Comet Falls on the Van Trump Trail because Darlene wasn’t feeling up for more hiking. We also visited a bunch of roadside points like the Longmire Museum, Christine Falls, Narada Falls, Box Canyon and Silver Falls. We couldn’t easily check out the east or north side of the park due to road closures so after two days, we headed out and home south.
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