October 11, 2009 – Family Road Trip

This morning we took off on the Mountain Loop Trail into the Cascades and the weather was beautiful.

Our first stop – notice the fresh snow on the mountain, the fall colors of the leaves on the trees, and the frost on the grass.  This is the site of a mountain inn that opened in 1921 – isn’t this beautiful:

Our granddaughters – Krissy and Kate:

Our group – :-)):

The Skagit River (and the salmon were jumping):

My Andy:

Mike and Sandy:

Beautiful!:

The Picket Range:

Diablo Lake – how about that color:

Me and Andy:

This area of the road is closed in winter because of the avalanches that come down these mountains.  The pictures do not do this justice:

Winthrop, Washington – what a great place.  Someday we are going to spend some time here:

 

The desert area of Washington – looks just like the high desert of Nevada and Arizona minus the cacti:

The sun behind the smoke – there was a forest fire in this area:

Leavenworth – another neat little town!

Another wonderful day – thank you Mike and Sandy!