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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Noonsack Falls

The Nooksack Falls is located a short distance off of the scenic Mt Baker Hwy. The Nooksack river flows thru a narrow valley and drops 88ft into the rocky river canyon.

These are my Watery Wednesday and Outdoor Wednesday thanks to both of the host 2sweetnsaxy and Susan. Also, thank you for stopping by to see my post.

Friday, October 1, 2010

After leaving the city of Leavenworth, we made our way back around the Cascade Loop to do the scenic Mount Baker Byway. One spot I had to see was the Picture Lake. A very popular place to take photos of Mt Shuksan's reflection. It was a little windy the day we were there so it was hard to get that perfect shot. But, I was happy with the reflection scene and the pretty walk around the lake.

The scenery around the Mount Baker byway is just gorgeous.

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To see more awesome reflections visit Jame's Weekend Reflections

I am also linking up with Scenic Sunday. Visit the Holleys Scenic Sunday

Thanks to James and the Holleys for hosting and thanks for visiting my reflections post.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Skywatch Stehekin

After arriving in Stehekin we quickly threw our luggage into our room and decided to take a walk along the lakeshore trail. The trail followed the lake and there were many views of the lake and sky along the way. There was one part where the trail looked like it had been thru a mudslide and water was cascading down into the lake. This trail goes 17.2 miles and a stopping point for backpackers along the way is Moore Point which is 7 miles from Stehekin. I was birding along the trail hoping to see some lifers from the west coast. I heard all kinds of birds and of course they all hid from my camera.

The mudslide was cause from a heavy rain storm a few weeks before we got there. It looked so fresh like it just happened.

We were happy to see some blue sky poking out from all those clouds.

An overcast sky and some of those stubborn clouds were still hanging low on the mountains.

Luckily the skies were just overcast and we did not see any rain. After our walk we looked forward to our dinner at the Stehekin Landing's restaurant and a delicious dessert from the famous Stehekin bakery.

These cloudy skies are my skywatch for this week.

To see more skies from all over click here: Skywatch Friday

Thanks for stopping by and thanks to the hosting team of Sylvia, Sandy, Wren, Fishing Guy and Klaus.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Lake Chelan

Two and a half days of our Washington State vacation was spent in Stehekin which is part of the North Cascades National Park. The only way to get to Stehekin is by boat ride, float plane or by hiking in. We chose the Lady of the Lake boat ride which starts in the town Lake Chelan and goes for 55 miles to Stehekin. There are two choices the slow boat Lady of the Lake for 4 hours or the Lady express for 2 and half hours. Our stay at Stehekin was for two nights so we just packed up what we needed for these days for our stay at the Stehekin Landing Resort. We decided to do the four hour boat ride on the first day and come back on the express. We would leave the dock at Lake Chelan at 8:30am and arrive in Stehekin at 12:30. We did make three stops along the way in places called Field Pt, Lucerne and another when we pulled to shore to pick up some backpackers. It is a very scenic boat ride starting off with beautiful lake homes, fields of apple trees and some vineyards near the town of Lake Chelan and eventually becoming all mountains on both sides of the lake. It did not rain but it was a very cloudy overcast day. The clouds added to the scene hanging low on the mountains. More about Stehekin on another post.

There were waterfalls along the lakeshore

Below is the stop to pick up some backpackers is an area that was used years ago for the taping of a Lassie movie staring Elizabeth Taylor

Stehekin is a place for relaxing and enjoying the outdoors. No telephones and no TV's just enjoy nature.

I am linking up to Watery Wednesday and Outdoor Wednesday thanks to 2sweetnsaxy and Susan for hosting these great memes.

And thanks for stopping by to see my post and blog. I hope you enjoyed my post.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Dreary skywatch over Diablo Lake

These are some shots of the dreary looking skies we saw the first two days of our vacation in the North Cascades. The clouds were hanging low over the mountains. It was still beautiful looking scenery with the clouds and mountains.

These are my skywatch shots

and to see more wonderful skies from all over the world click here Skywatch Friday

Thanks for stopping by and thanks to the hosting team of Sylvia, Wren, Sandy, Fishing Guy and Klaus