A Visit to Mt. Baker

An amazing trip to Mt. Baker

Danielle & Russ visited Mt. Baker on 9-2.

Had to post her picture - so beautiful!

Nooksack Falls

This is another mountain - partially covered with snow

That's Mount Baker - completely covered with a glacier

One of two ski resorts up here
I sure wouldn't be driving these roads in snowy conditions!!

Our final time near Mt. Vernon

Tuesday we travel by ferry to the Port Townsend area.

Went to visit Danielle at her work

This is very interesting - I never realized that this area

 was so instrumental in farming

Another lake while we were just traveling in the area

The Farmers Market and breakfast with the kids

I love my grand-doggie!

This is where the Skagit River goes through Mt. Vernon

This is one of the trees in our Thousand Trails campground 

that has been cut down

and has regrown an entire new tree.  So cool!

Our camping spot for (3) weeks.

Visting the Casade National Park

A beautiful drive today through the Cascade mountains

All along our drive, we were beside the Scagit River.

I asked one of the park rangers why does this river have such an odd color - a blue aqua color.

She told me it was because it originates near the glaciers

and when the glaciers rub together it creates glacial dust which

gives the water its blue color.

This river is the spanning ground for all kinds of salmon.
BTW - this river is 150 miles long and empties
into Pugent Sound (the ocean)

Look closely - their is a black bear on the bank

There are (3) dams on this river each with a lake behind.

The highest river is 26 miles long and runs into Canada.

There are waterfalls all along the highway

I was happy to stop for ice cream at Cascadia Farms.

  I buy their frozen organic fruit for my smoothies.