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Originally Posted by Skip Newsom

Alberta is on my list!
BC is beautiful!

Just had our house painted, paid the contractor and my lovely wife said why don't we do an overnight trip somewhere, maybe Levenworth?

Oh hell yes!

With the nice long late spring/early summer days all the rivers in the Cascades are living up to their namesake.

First stop, Harry of Harry and the Henderson's fame

Howdy!

Lunch at Lake Wenatchee


On up the mighty Icicle river


Wildflowers lend their scent and color splash to the wilderness


My lovely adventure partner


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Looks like a horrible place and a horrible way to spend a day. You must hate it!

My first visit/trip to Washington state was a trip to Seattle in May of 2000. The work that we were there to do had certain dependencies (racks had to be installed, power run, etc...) before we could do our work. It wasn't unusual for us to arrive to find nothing ready and the folks onsite unaware of our arrival and needs. That gave us a bunch of time to site-see. One day, we started out first thing in the morning heading for Mt Ranier, and then from there drove to Mt St Helens and then back (11 hours of driving). Between that day and some of the other driving that we did, I fell in love with the beauty of the area. It was almost 20 years until I managed to get the missus there for a vacation. She loved it too. Due to costs and politics, we're pretty unlikely to move there. But it's a beautiful area, and I wouldn't be surprised if we don't end up vacationing there again.