Dewey Lake — Wednesday, Sep. 21, 2022

This was our first trip to Dewey Lake and it won't be our last!  It was an easy 2plus hour drive from Seattle- all paved and an easy under two hour hike to Dewey Lake.  No bugs. No snow.  Sun on the way in and fog on the way out.  We chose to do the clockwise route, so finished up the following day coming out onto hwy 410 at Tipsoo Lake which was HEAVY fog-we thought it was gorgeous and magical!  (We heard to be careful about the drinking the lake waters in the area since there was an outbreak of norovirus recently.  Just follow Ranger's suggestions to avoid).  We saw lots of elk prints and scat and heard them bellowing all night long.  If someone hadn't told us what they sounded like, we would have spent a lot of time wondering what we were hearing.  It is a loud high pitched call.  They must have been pretty close to our campsite. We were the first overnighters to the Lake so had our choice of spots.  By dusk, we think there were three other parties spread about the lake.  The fall colors are not peak, but they are very much on their way with some spots of large blueberries left.  We heard that someone spotted a bear on Wednesday, but we saw no signs of one. Because of the fog, we did not see Mt. Rainier, but imagine that if it was more clear, there are great views  coming from Dewey Lake to Tipsoo Lake.