Kettle Falls Trail & Saint Pauls Mission State Historic Site Our Stay in Rice, WA Kettle Falls Trail We visited the Kettle Falls area,; an area that has changed forever after 1941. The Kettle Falls got their English name because the rushing water had worn out large, kettle-shaped holes in the quartzite rocks. For thousands […]
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Little Pend Oreille NWR Our Stay in Rice, WA Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge After a long day of driving to our new Airbnb in Rice, WA, and then a day of jogging in the area, my hiking shoes started to miss me. So, I joined them, returning to the trails. The Mill Butte
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Our Airbnb in Glacier, WA Our Stay in Glacier, WA Thanking Our Quiet Lodge in Glacier. Hiking several trails in the stunning Mount Baker Wilderness or walking along the wild North Fork Nooksack River. Visiting striking Vancouver, BC, and cozy Bellingham, WA. We explored this breathtaking area intensively while we stayed in a quiet lodge
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North Fork Nooksack River Our Stay in Glacier, WA North Fork Nooksack River At several spots along the Mount Baker Scenic Highway, near Glacier, WA, we had access to the 48 miles long North Fork Nooksack River in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. This river was advertised as the most scenic of the three forks of
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Mount Baker, the “Great White Watcher” Our Stay in Glacier, WA Heather Meadows & Picture Lake We already admired Mount Baker from afar when sailing from San Juan Island to Anacortes. The “Great White Watcher,” or Koma Kulshan, as the Native Americans called the mount, is a young volcano in the Cascades. It is the
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Bellingham, WA Our Stay in Glacier, WA Visiting Bellingham, WA We spent the day exploring Bellingham, WA, a coastal city in Whatcom County, exploring the cascading waterfalls of Whatcom Falls Park, strolling through the serene Bloedel Donovan Park, admiring the waterfront views of Boulevard Park, and immersing ourselves in the historic charm of Fairhaven. Whatcom
Vancouver, BC, Canada Our Stay in Glacier, WA Visiting Vancouver, BC We went abroad to visit Vancouver, BC, a two-hour drive from Glacier, WA. We parked in Stanley Park, the first recommended point of interest. Stanley Park and its Seawall Stanley Park is a 1,000-acre park with half a million trees in Vancouver. We immediately
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And another goodbye! Our Stay in Sedro-Woolley, WA And Another Goodbye! We stayed a week off the grid (no internet) at an Airbnb on a farm near Sedro-Woolley with the Cascade Mountains to the east, the Puget Sound to the west, and the Canadian border to the north. Our Airbnb was a convenient one-room apartment
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North Cascades National Park – Day 2 Our Stay in Sedro-Woolley, WA The Blue Lake Trail On our second and last day in North Cascades National Park, we started with the Blue Lake Trail. I expected a challenging hike since we had to climb 1100 feet in about 2.4 miles to reach Blue Lake. Blue
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San Juan Islands Scenic Drive Our Stay in Sedro-Woolley, WA A Day Trip to San Juan Island We went to San Juan Island, WA, to drive part of one of Washington State’s newest Scenic Byways, the San Juan Islands Scenic Byway. Anacortes While waiting for the ferry to arrive and dock at the terminal in
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