Washington State
I was recently in Washington State, where we made several excursions to visit scenic areas. The state is separated into a western and eastern part by the Cascade mountains. Chelan is in the eastern part.
Chelan
- this is a city around a long lake with low mountains all around
- we went up a road that was so rough it was labelled a “primitive road”
- you can see on some of the trees that there’s been a fire
Stevens Pass
- this is one of the ways to get from one side of the mountains to the other
- I saw a long horn sheep but I didn’t get a picture of it
- Leavenworth is a town completely designed to look like a Bavarian town
- the snow shed (the large structure built out of concrete) was to protect trains from an avalanche
- some trees in the forest are almost completely covered in moss
Snoqualmie Falls
- this is a waterfall that’s higher than Niagara Falls
Mt. Baker
- this is an absurdly scenic area with views of Mt. Baker, Mt. Shuksan, and several others
- we stopped at Puget Sound, the beginning of the ocean
North Cascades
- we drove over the Diablo Dam
- we briefly stopped at Big Four, where we went hiking 2 years ago
Mt. Rainier
- it was foggy and cloudy, so we only caught brief glimpses of the mountain
- the place with all the tree stumps is a river that’s almost completely dry
- we saw several waterfalls and 2 deer, 1 of whom was walking nonchalantly on the road
Here are some photos (give the slideshow a few seconds to start)…
November 10th, 2018 at 6:47 pm
Great pictures!!