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| This is a very cool, 60s -style coffee shop/bakery/restaurant at the base of Mt. Baker. We stopped here for some energy before heading up the mountain. |
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| The ranger station a bit past the restaurant had this amazingly huge tree trunk, so I asked Savannah to pose in front. |
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| Lower parking lot [upper one closed till ski season] Most of the cars were Canadian, as it was a long weekend for Canada but not the U.S. |
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| Christine trekking along ahead of me, heading to one of the small lakes. |
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| C. and I stopped here for a snack, and to do some sketching. While we were here, I noticed some activity in the steam below. It was some brook trout spawning - fascinating to watch. |
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| Look hard - you should be able to see three trout. |
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| Another spot we stopped to sketch. |
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| Mt Shuksan, next door to Mt Baker. |
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| Just to prove that I really was hiking here ... |
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| Some of my sketches Christine and John are neighbours of mine, across the street. Both are ecologists with Environment Canada, so time spent with them is always interesting. On Monday [Canadian Thanksgiving] we headed across the border to Mt Baker for a day hike. John and Savannah [their daughter] would gallop on ahead, while Christine and I would take our time, and stop to do some sketching along the way. It was a wonderful, fascinating time with scenery that left me with my mouth hanging open in awe. And other than being exhausted when done [that's the most hiking I have done in over 15 years], my hip and right leg [the one that had surgery] were fine. I even had a tougher-than-usual riding lesson the next morning! It is SOOOO damn great to be able to be active again!!!!! Thank you for dropping by! |
