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Sunday, October 2, 2016

Emma Colley's Random Travels

..A Photoblog post of my random travels.

I am sharing some of my random travel photos, this is not only for my followers but more of a reminder for me and my hubby of where we have been and what we have seen over the years. All good memories for us, I hope you enjoy too.

"A traveler without observation is like a bird without wings." unknown

Some views of the Stehekin Landing Resort in the North Cascades National Park, Washington State. Above and the below are photos of the Stehekin Schoolhouse.

A view of the Stehekin Landing Resort our hotel for a couple of nights, reached only by the ferry or float plane.

A few cabins

A bakery and store.

I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day!

" We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone." unknown

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Emma Colley's Random Travels

Emma Colley's Random Travels..a Photoblog post

I am sharing some of my random travel photos, this is not only for my followers but a reminder for me and my hubby of where we have been and what we have seen over the years. All good memories for us, I hope you enjoy too.

"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page." by Saint Augustine

The Red Bus dropped us off at the High Bridge and the trail head for our day hike to the Coon Lake.

A pretty view of the river from the bridge.

Spawning fish seen from the bridge above.

A view of Coon Lake, our destination and a great hike from Stehekin. I may do another post from our hike along the Lake Chelan shore from the lodge.
Thanks for your visit and for the comments. Enjoy your day!

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Emma Colley's Random Travels

Emma Colley's Random Travels..a Photoblog post

I am sharing some of my random travel photos, this is not only for my followers but a reminder to me and my hubbyof where we have been and what we have seen over the years. All good memories for us, I hope you enjoy too.

"I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I am going is what inspires me to travel it." Rosalia de Castro

We arrived in Stehekin by ferry, it is a four hour ride from Chelan. The ferry is one of the two transportation methods to reach this remote resort. This resort is the closest to the major entryway to the North Cascades, Pacific Crest trail.

The other way tourists can arrive is by the seaplane, the plane lands on Lake Chelan in Stehekin.

The Red Buses are used to take hikers to the start of the Pacific Crest trail. One day we used the red bus to take us to the High Bridge the start of our hike to Coon Lake.

A view of the lake and Cascade Mountains. I will do another post on our hikes around Lake Chelan and on the Pacific Crest Trail.

Thank you for stopping by for a visit and for the nice comments.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Camera Critters

For this weeks Camera Critters I have a few more critters we saw while on vacation in Washington State. One is a deer we saw during our hike on the lakeshore trail in Stehekin also a few goats some we saw penned up in the town of Leavenworth and some goats we saw while hiking at Artist Point, Mt Baker. The goats were far away and looked like white spots until we saw them get up and they started moving around.

I am not sure but I believe this a mule deer

Leavenworth goats, farm next to the sidewalk in town.

Mt Baker..From a distance the goats looked like white rocks on the ground that is until they got up and walked away.

I love animals....any kind of animal and seeing them wild and in their own habitat is a real treat for me.

To enjoy more critters from all over click here: Camera Critters Thanks to Misty Dawn for hosting and thank you for stopping by to see my critters.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Leaving Stehekin

On the last day at Stehekin we had just enough time to take the shuttle to the Rainbow Falls before we had to take the Lady Express back to Chelan. It was a one hour tour to the waterfalls and a stop at a one room school in Stehekin. The weather was beautiful and a great day for our boat ride back to our car.

Rainbow Falls

One room schoolhouse for Stehekin, it was in use until recently they built a more modern schoolhouse.

Lady Express leaving Stehekin, the skies were looking beautiful on our boat ride back to Chelan.

People riding jet skiis were having fun with the waves that were created from our Lady express boat.

After arriving back in the city of Chelan we hopped in our rental car and took off for our next stop along the Cascade Loop in the city of Leavenworth. You can see some of my Leavenworth photos here: http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com/2010/09/leavenworth.html

You can check out these memes I am link up with 2 sweetnsaxy's Watery Wednesday, Susan's Outdoor Wednesday and my Skywatch Friday.

Thanks to all the wonderful hosts of these fun memes. Also thanks for visiting my blog and checking out my 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.