Sunshine Point Campground
Happy Bench Monday!
For years every time I went into Mount Rainier's Paradise Entrance I'd pass the sign signifying Sunshine Point Campground and kept telling myself that I'd check it out when I leave and never did. On November 6-7 2006 18 inches of rain fell in 36 hours and everyone was evacuated from the park. The road to Ipsut campground and the Westside Road were wiped out and never replaced and 5 1/2 acres of Sunshine Point disappeared along with the road to it as it was washed away by the raging Tahoma Creek and Nisqually River. There were 18 sites, I saw maybe ten, the toilets are gone, but the garbage and recycling bins remain as do the remains of the hefty benches and fire pits like this one in site 8. The Loop is still on the Flickr Map! Doesn't look like that any more.....
Sunshine Point Campground
Happy Bench Monday!
For years every time I went into Mount Rainier's Paradise Entrance I'd pass the sign signifying Sunshine Point Campground and kept telling myself that I'd check it out when I leave and never did. On November 6-7 2006 18 inches of rain fell in 36 hours and everyone was evacuated from the park. The road to Ipsut campground and the Westside Road were wiped out and never replaced and 5 1/2 acres of Sunshine Point disappeared along with the road to it as it was washed away by the raging Tahoma Creek and Nisqually River. There were 18 sites, I saw maybe ten, the toilets are gone, but the garbage and recycling bins remain as do the remains of the hefty benches and fire pits like this one in site 8. The Loop is still on the Flickr Map! Doesn't look like that any more.....