Hope you have a happy #mountainMonday
Nature photo day 385
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Maple Pass is the happy place in my mind. #NorthCascadesNP

Mountains are a place where you can escape from the world. Hang in there and don't forget to breath.
Nature photo day 378
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Washington With Bones, Part 6B – Out of the Cascades When we last left our heroes, they were at Diablo Lake in North Cascades National Park, marveling at the deep turquoise color in disbelief that it was actually real. By this time, lunch was calling, and so our next objective was to find a good place for that. We were stocked up for one last "brunch" of egg sandwiches, eggs and feta, etc, etc, we just needed a place to cook it.

Our last day in the mountains, exploring the Cascades.
#Outdoors #Nature #Travel #Adventure #Washington #NorthCascadesNP #Hiking #Camping

Washington With Bones, Part 6A – North Cascades National Park We woke up in a dense fog. The night had been fairly quiet, the South Fork of the Stillaguamish was just barely audible through the walls of the van as the temperatures dropped and the fog rolled in. As we made coffee in the cold damp, a gathering of crows (murder!) appeared on a nearby fence, the only things visible in front of a large meadow.

Into the North Cascades! Is it finally a dreary PNW day?
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From the Diablo Lake lookout, the turquoise water shimmers with trees in the forefront of varying sizes, shapes, and shades of green. Surrounding the lake are dark blue hued mountain peaks and a small amount of snow on the very highest peak. #mountains #photography #artyear #protectpublicland

Diablo Lake’s color is like no other I’ve seen. It’s Glacier-fed and the turquoise water is from “Glacier Flour” (fancy rock particles). The pass to North Cascades National Park is open. Let’s Go! #NatParkGeek #NPS #NationalParks #findjoy #saveourparks #NPCA #ParkChat #DiabloLake #NorthCascadesNP

I’ve been to 16 of 63 NPs. One day, we plan to explore #GLAC and others in the #PNW:
#OlympicNP
#NorthCascadesNP
#MountRainierNP
#CraterLakeNP
#LassenVolcanicNP
#RedwoodNP
#OregonCavesNP
That’ll get me to 23\63 NPs. (I’ve driven through #CRLA before but only stopped at the visitor center.)

A larch tree changes colors in late fall in North Cascades National Park. A dusting of snow is on the ground with mountains behind and a few clouds in the sky above.

Better days are ahead.

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