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| North Cascades National Park - Washington These photographs were taken early May 2009, I recommend taking your trip June through September. I may return to further explore this area later in the year. There was still a lot of snow in the first couple weeks of May and some surrounding area roads were closed. You will have the best views and easiest access to scenic stops if traveling east to west. |
| Diablo lake is the highlight of this trip. Photographers - I did not leave quite early enough in the day. Even though it was only 4 or 5 in the afternoon, the sun was no longer high enough in the sky to hit all sides of the mountains. 10am to 3pm is probably the ideal time of day for this and any other high mountain trip. |
| I took highway 20, the main highway through the Cascades. It tends to be closed November through April. There is a three to four hour drive with no stops - no towns, no gas, nothing! There was one bathroom rest stop, but it was buried in 4 to 5 feet of snow! ---> The first gas station I saw was a shack-like structure in such a tiny town that it had already hung its "closed" sign before I reached it at 6pm. |
| Highway 20 runs along a river, so there are dams (and unfortunately power lines) running along it. The air out here is incredible, so be sure to roll down your window and take a deep breath. You'll also be greeted with the pleasant sound of water falling as you pass small waterfalls on the sides of the highway rock walls. |
| One thing I wish translated better into photographs is the incredible distance. The depth may be lacking in this photo, but check out this reaaaalllly zoomed in spot below. These cute little islands are so nice, I wish you could get to them from here. |
| Towards the western section of highway 20 you will pass a couple campground areas where you can access the river for small boating. |
| It was fairly warm, around 60 degrees in May. It was partly cloudy, and while taking pictures it started to rain and the sun kept poking out behind the clouds. Pardon my mismatched looking panoramic stitching of 5 photos, but the lighting kept changing so fast! Check out this awesome landscape though, above is the Western view, below the Eastern view from the Diablo Lake scenic stop. |
| You have to be careful driving in some areas, on the east end of hwy. 20 (near Winthrop) I saw quite a few deer. It was getting really close to dark outside, so please excuse the grainy photos as these have been lightened and deer move too fast for me. There are a lot of beautiful wild flowers growing here. |
