In Bonney Lake, Washington, southeast of Sumner, there is a nice little park called Kite Park, beside which you can get a nice cup of a caffeinated beverage at the Tehaleh Caffe D’Arte. But most importantly, you get one breathtaking view of the beauty that is Mount Rainier!
I visited during my September 2021 “trail of trails” tour. (See all my Tacoma posts.)
Nice person in Portland, Oregon, and beyond.
After our stop at Eunice Lake, we traveled onward to Sunrise, Washington, which is the highest spot in the park you can drive to. From its lodge, hiking trails spider off in all directions for easy hikes that all offer truly breathtaking views of Mount Rainier and its surrounding foothills. Cascade beauty! As we drove up to the site, a thick layer of clouds sat around the mountain, but as we started hiking the cloud cover quickly burned off.
An oasis at the base of the mountain…
One of — if not the very —best waterfalls in Mount Rainier National Park…
An easy walk past tall trees and beaver ponds in the shadow of Mount Rainier…
Let’s explore around Tacoma, Mount Rainier, Sumner, Puyallup, and University Place in Washington’s Pierce County…
