#41: Mount Rainier National Park

Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

Matt and Karen Smith

Society & Culture, Nature, Personal Journals, Places & Travel, Science

5.0 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Rising more than 14,000 feet above sea level, Mount Rainier stands as an icon in the Washington landscape. In this episode we discuss this active volcano and the incredible national park that surrounds it, one of the oldest parks in the national park system. With 97% designated as wilderness, we share tips on how to visit some of the developed areas, with information about what to see, where to stay, when to go, and our favorite hiking trails. Some of the topics we discuss in this episode: Why it’s called Mt. Rainier and the controversy surrounding its name How to visit the park in the winter Why you might want to wait until July for your summer visit What the five different developed areas of the park are like What it’s like to stay in Paradise Inn, one of the great lodges of the West Our favorite hike in the park Information on summiting Mt. Rainier Other things to do and see in the park Links to more information: Check out the current road status in Mount Rainier National Park Where to learn more about our books and travels Join the conversation on Facebook - we want to hear from you! Check out our Instagram account Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We've stayed in the rooms a few times.
0:03.8	The original rooms do not have bathrooms.
0:07.0	They have community bathrooms down the hall.
0:09.6	You know, I'm a little hesitant
0:11.0	with the community bathroom thing,
0:13.0	but it's not a big deal.
0:14.8	Like you just walk down the hall and you're underwear
0:18.5	at the middle of the night.
0:20.6	But what you have to be careful of that is
0:23.0	the bathrooms, the community bathrooms
0:25.0	that these rooms share are also the same bathrooms
0:29.0	that visitors to the lodge use.
0:32.2	So you could be standing there
0:33.6	in your underwear, brushing your teeth
0:35.0	and somebody who just had dinner downstairs
0:37.1	is coming in to use the bathroom.
0:39.6	Well, how do they know that I didn't just come in
0:43.1	in my underwear?
0:44.2	So they don't.
0:45.0	So they don't.
0:45.9	That's the problem.
0:47.4	This is the Dear Bob and Sue podcast,
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