Our final day in a park was spent at North Cascades National Park. This one is not crowded…not sure if it’s even popular enough to have crowds seeing as how they don’t have gates to enter. This made for a relaxed time.
First hike.
The weather was the most perfect on this day. It felt like fall and like we should be heading to a football game.
Red huckleberries. We learned via the Gypsy app driving through Olympic that huckleberries are only in the wild and they have yet to figure out how to grow them on a farm.
The river. I’ve always wanted to see a bear in action on a river. Three national park trips later and I have yet to see that. Bummer.
I did see these bears though.
Dwarf-Oregon grapes. These were all along the trail.
More waterfalls. Which had me singing “don’t go chasing waterfalls” many times. SKV doesn’t know that song…yet.
The height of all the things. Trees and mountains.
Diablo lake. Gorgeous blue.
What a view.
All signs have George’s head - I find their signs to be strange. Font is way off here.
We walked to the Ross Dam too.
Someone has grown up on this trip. From ordering for herself to carrying the bag for mom.
Wildfires have shut down parts of the park and firefighters were very busy.
They had a camp of tents on the other side. It seemed like they were working to prevent fire from crossing the road.
Lots of trees along the road getting cut, piled up, and then mulched on the spot.
Growing girl in action. She also found a stick and turned into Larry Potter for most of today’s hikes.
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We did not hike to Mexico.
We did this one.
More falls. This park had so many of them along the road and trails.
Y’all. This was the reward of a trail.
Another C. I’m nature’s favorite-clearly.
We are ending the night with Chinese food. Seattle for the next two days the home.
