Mount Rainier & Olympia - Day 5 of Seattle trip

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Today we went to Mt. Rainier. We entered the National Park from the Southwest (Ashford) which worked out well. There were many signs along the way to direct us to the park. We could have taken a train ride in a town call Elbe which we passed along the way, but we didn’t have time. It looked like the train place also had lodging there in some of the trains – not sure about that since we didn’t investigate it. The visitor center in the park is beautiful and the view of Mt. Rainier is fantastic. We only went that far and then headed back out because we also wanted to go to Olympia to see the capitol. If you had a whole day it would be good since the park is huge.

We arrived in Olympia and took some pics of the capitol building. Since it was a Sunday we had the place pretty much to ourselves. Now I can add Olympia to the capitols I have visited.

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Photos

Mount Rainier
View of Mt Rainier from the visitor center

Mt Rainier
Mt Rainier WA

Steps
Steps at the Mt Rainier Visitor Center

Pine Tree
Trees like this are everywhere in NE WA.

Mountain in color
Colorful mountainside in Mount Rainier

Mount Rainier
Such a beautiful place - Mt. Rainier

bridge Mt Rainier
Bridge in Mt Rainier Park

waterfall
Waterfall in Mt Rainier park

Bush
Colorful bushes in the park at Mt. Rainier

Mt Rainier
K&R at Mt. Rainier

Mt Rainier
Beautiful Mt Rainier

sign
Entrance to the Mount Rainier

Mt. Rainier
Scenic Mt. Rainier

Waterfall
Mount Rainier taken at Myrtle Falls 5600 ft elevation

Church
Church in Elbe WA

Train
Train in Elbe WA

Train engine
Train taking off in Elbe WA

Train
Train Lodging in Elbe

Olympia
Capitol building in Olympia WA