North Cascades Natl. Park, Aug. 6

Another beautiful park! 10 million acres of untouched, glorious, magical beauty! We arrived here this morning and drove through this vast wilderness for miles and miles. We arrived at the camp and couldn't believe how dense and quiet it is. The smell of pine, the gorgeous green rivers and the clean air, not to mention the mountains themselves make this a wonderland of spectacular diversities. It's craggy peaks and blanketing forests, bald eagles and mountain lions are just a few of the treasures found here. Precipitation that falls on protected upper watersheds and headwaters works its way down, all year long, to the Skagit and Stehekin rivers. Everything is connected here: bears, salmon, eagles, humans, forests, glaciers. I could go on and on. There is so much history here. We are so grateful to live in a country that has so much natural beauty and we wish we could have you here enjoying it with us. Oh, by the way, the handsome Indian in the picture, picked me up at the visitor center.