North Cascades

My mom is in town visiting which gives us a a great excuse to abandon all of our normal responsibilities of running errands, cleaning our place etc, and venture out and explore our incredible state. It's hard to think of a better place to be in during this time of year!

Last weekend we ventured into the North Cascades, an area I have been dying to explore since we moved up here! My expectations of the scenery were completely met- it was beautiful!

We spent the first day exploring the newhalem/diablo lake area. Here are a few pics:





We spent the night in Newhalem.. Ben and I busted out our tent for the first time- it worked great!

The next morning we decided we felt fairly ambitious so after a short hike to a waterfall, we started driving around the entire cascade loop! We stopped in the Washington Pass area for a beautiful hike to an alpine lake.


We continued on to Winthrop where we stopped for some tasty ice cream.

We made one final stop in Leavenworth for a brat, but didn't stay long because it was about 92 degrees outside.

It was a wonderful weekend!