Cascades, Phase Two

For the first time since our departure, I'm going to actually get us up to real time on the blog.  It may not make much sense, since we arrived earlier in Mazama and each of us promptly had four drinks.  Nevertheless, it will be fun for us.

Yesterday, our last at Mt. Baker, we took off on a hike to Hannegan Pass.  The lady at the information desk told us this would not be a good hike, because it was all below the tree line.  We went anyway.  So, really?  You call THIS below tree line?

Ruth Mountain and Hannegan Pass to the left

View from the trail

Mount Sefrit

We ate out our last night in Glacier at Graham's.  Just think of an upscale Esso Club in a town smaller than Central, SC.



This morning we took off from Glacier, Washington to Scenic Highway 20 and the incredibly beautiful North Cascades National Park.  The scenery is jaw dropping, and the crowds similar to a weekend ride up Highway 107 from Walhalla.

So, here we are in the Eastern Mountains of Washington State in a place called Mazama.  Even smaller than Glacier, it is a true gem, with wonderful hospitality.

 

Diablo Lake, the most beautiful of them all

Washington Pass and Silver Star Mountain

The picture can't do justice to the beauty of this area.

We will be hiking these mountains the next three days.

Unbelievable

A beautiful tribute to Silver Star mounted at Washington Pass

Star insisted we get a photo of this Stafford poem