Way back in the 1970s, a favorite phrase describing something you liked was "Cool, man!" Living in a place with abundant bodies of water, and the nickname of "Evergreen State", you'd think that cool colors would be everywhere. You would be correct! Sometimes, though, you get too much of a good thing, with vegetation run …
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My regular readers will know that one of our favorite day trips from our home in Everett, Washington is the drive up to North Cascades National Park Diablo Lake Overlook. The highway (Washington 20) mostly parallels the Skagit River, which is the primary source of hydroelectric power for the Seattle area. On this trip, our …
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This will just be a quickie. On Sunday, as it happens, we took a little road trip up US Highway 20 to North Cascades National Park. It's still pretty early in the year, and the highway isn't fully open yet. But it was open as far as our favorite destination, the Diablo Lake Overlook. We …
About two hours northeast of our home in Everett, Washington, is the North Cascades National Park. The last town before the park is the "company town" of Newhalem, which is basically owned by Seattle City Light. Seattle gets a large portion of its electric power from the dams on the Skagit River, within the National …
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