North Cascades And Mount Baker

Ferndale, Washington

On Monday, August 1st, we moved to The Cedars RV Resort in Ferndale, WA, about 12 miles south of the Canadian border. The Cedars is owned by Holiday Trails RV Resorts, which is a membership camping club headquartered in British Columbia. It is Canada's largest RV resort system. We have a very nice FHU site, surrounded by six foot tall cedar bushes making each site very private. We plan to be here the whole month of August.

Chuckanut Drive

Is a scenic drive along State Highway 11. This 21 mile drive between Bellingham and Burlington hugs the coastal cliffs. It was originally built as part of the Pacific Coast Highway.

Towering views of Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands.

North Cascades National Park

On a beautiful sunny day, we drove scenic State Highway 20 into North Cascades NP. This remote 684,000 acre national park is largely inaccessible, in fact, much of Highway 20 is closed in the winter.

Stopping at a country farm store at 10 am
for a cup of coffee and homemade ice cream.

Visitor Center

View from the Visitor Center

Dam on Lake Diablo
One of Three Dams in the Park
Managed by Seattle City Light to supply 25%
of Seattle's electric power.

Lake Diablo

Overlook at Washington Pass
Highest Point along the Highway

This part of the trail reminded us of crossing the
rock face on a trail at Zion National Park.

View From Washington Pass Trail Looking East
There's our road down there!

Mount Baker Highway

Friday was another gorgeous day, so we decided to drive back into the Cascades Mountains along the Mt. Baker Scenic Road (State Highway 542). This 59 mile road dead ends at Artist Point, a scenic area between Mount Baker and Mount Shuksan.

First stop is Nooksack Falls.
The falls occur at the confluence of two rivers.
At first glance it appears the water is flowing in
both directions.

Picture Lake high in the Heather Meadows

Heather Meadows Visitor Center
built by the CCC in 1940

Artist Point
Mount Shuksan in the background

View of Mount Baker as it creates its own weather.

Although we can see this mountain
 from our trailer in Ferndale, we waited an
hour for the clouds to clear so we could
see the top of this 10,781 foot peak up close.