On To North Cascades

It was a long ride to the ferry and we arrived around 5:55 p.m. for the 6:45 sail time. This gave us just enough time to grab an amazing pizza before moving our car on board the vessel.

The ferry ride was fun. Once we were on the boat, we realized it was only a couple hours from the landing point to North Cascades. Thus began a trip reminiscent of last year’s late evening dash to Yellowstone.

We made it to North Cascades. We were not expecting the power lines. And the hydro electric dams with small cities near them to support the workers. This is far from the “unspoiled wilderness” we’d been driving through for much of our trip. And so jarring.

We found the campground Alan had recommended around 9:45. It’s difficult to get a sense of how a campground works at that hour, much less pick a good site. But we think we did pretty darn well, grabbing a walk-in site on the edge of a lake.