This summer we took a day trip to Baker Lake , near Cascades National Park.
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Sometimes we would stop for a picture - but many times I got these shots out the window - at 50 mph - love the technology these days!!!
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Arriving at Sedro Woolley - we didn't stop - but just long enough at a stop light for this sign - with clouds . . .
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Today it is a tiny town, with a scanty business district. This fabulous sign points to many businesses, but when we went looking for them, found most had closed. I asked one resident where we could get a sandwich in town and he said that we would have to go to the next town, back down the way we had come to Concrete.
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I'm not sure what this building is now - it says Police Department over the door - but the signs show that a thrift store had recently been here. The painting is wonderful of the valley and river.
I was excited to find a quilt shop - until I got to the door - and it said
"Open by appointment" and didn't give a phone number for calling the owner.
I guess everyone in town knows who to call. . .
"Open by appointment" and didn't give a phone number for calling the owner.
I guess everyone in town knows who to call. . .
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At last - Baker Lake. We had driven up in sunshine, but as we got farther
into the mountains it got colder and cloudier.
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Two very nice ladies drove up and came to share our picnic shelter,
so Grampa Bear had to show off a little bit . . .
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Mt. Baker is behind those clouds - they were moving fast!
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This was the best shot all day - through the rain and clouds - Mt. Baker is one of the most impressive mountains I've ever seen - and I've seen a lot of mountains.
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Driving back down from the lake the moss on the trees was incredible . . .
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The road home - it was getting warmer and sunnier as we drove south - to be continued . . .
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