点评:We booked two private national park tours with Evergreen Escapes. Lindsay was our guide for Mount Rainier and Karen for North Cascades. They were both personable, knowledgeable, professional, fun, very accommodating and flexible. They have both spent many hours in these parks – and yet still seemed to be enjoying themselves – and excited to be there. Their enthusiasm was contagious!
We had a cloudy/foggy day in Mount Rainier, but Lindsay kept watching how the clouds were moving and guided us to places where we were able to catch glimpses of the mountain. He also noticed a group of people stopped on a trail in the distance. Even though we were not planning to go that way, he suggested it might be worth checking it out – and we were able to see a bear munching in the field a little ways off the trail. Great job by an Eagle Scout – lots of fun talking about anything and everything!
We had some smoky air in North Cascades due to the wildfires – took it really easy on our first hike with Karen. And then headed to other areas of the park that Karen thought would be less smoky. She even suggested driving a little further to Washington Pass – it took a little extra time, but had spectacular views – my favorite in the park! Karen was also able to point out smoky plumes from one of the newer wildfires – across Ross Lake – very interesting to see! Again, we enjoyed chatting with Karen on many different topics!
Kudos to Marjorie in the office as well – she was very responsive to all our questions prior to the tours – and offered some great suggestions for hikes that might be of interest to us!
The van was very comfortable. The lunches and cookies were over the top. The private tours were not cheap – but definitely worth it! Highly recommend this organization.
翻译:我们通过Evergreen Escapes预订了两次国家公园私人导览服务。林赛负责雷尼尔山之旅,凯伦则带领我们游览北喀斯喀特山脉。她们都十分亲切、知识渊博、专业尽责,还很有趣,而且极其随和且灵活变通。她们都在这些公园里度过了大量时间——却依然乐在其中,对能身处那里感到兴奋不已。她们的热情真是极具感染力!
我们在雷尼尔山的那天天气多云且起雾。不过琳赛一直留意着云朵的动向,并指引我们前往能够瞥见山峰的地方。她还注意到远处有一条小径上有一群人停在那里。虽然我们原本并不打算走那条路,但她觉得值得去看看——结果我们真的在离小径不远处看到了一只正在草地上啃食的熊。这位鹰级童子军表现得非常出色,和他聊天聊什么都乐趣无穷!由于野火的影响,北喀斯喀特山脉地区的空气中弥漫着烟雾——因此我们在和凯伦的第一次徒步时格外小心、放慢了步伐。之后我们又前往凯伦认为烟雾较少的公园其他区域。她甚至提议再开车一段路去华盛顿山口——虽然多花了一点时间,但那里的景色美不胜收——是我在这个公园里最喜欢的景致!凯伦还指给我看了最近发生的一场野火产生的烟柱——就在罗斯湖的对面——看起来真是有趣极了!我们很享受与Karen谈论各种话题的时光!
也要表扬一下办公室里的Marjorie——在游览前她迅速回复了我们所有的提问,还为我们推荐了一些可能会感兴趣的徒步路线!
那辆面包车非常舒适。提供的午餐和饼干更是棒极了。虽然私人导游服务价格不菲,但绝对物有所值!强烈推荐这家机构。